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Robotics
What is a common industrial use of robots?
A. Producing rainfall
B. Creating chemical elements from nothing
C. Changing Earth's orbit
D. Repetitive assembly, welding or material handling
Correct Answer: D
Industrial robots excel at repeatable, precise and potentially hazardous tasks.
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Robotics
Which field is often used for robot path planning and perception?
A. Only accounting
B. Only file compression
C. Only word processing
D. Artificial intelligence
Correct Answer: D
AI and machine learning can support perception, mapping, planning and decision-making.
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Robotics
What is a degree of freedom in robotics?
A. A file format
B. An independent direction or mode in which a robot can move
C. A unit of electrical current
D. A type of memory
Correct Answer: B
Degrees of freedom describe independent motion variables such as joint rotations or translations.
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What is an end effector?
A. The tool or device at the end of a robotic arm that interacts with the environment
B. A network router
C. The robot's operating system
D. The first sensor in a circuit
Correct Answer: A
Grippers, welders and suction cups are end effectors.
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Robotics
What is a robotic manipulator?
A. A web browser
B. A battery only
C. A mechanical arm with joints used to position an end effector
D. A fixed table
Correct Answer: C
Industrial robotic arms are manipulators with multiple degrees of freedom.
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Robotics
What is an autonomous robot?
A. A device that can never sense its environment
B. A machine with no software
C. A robot that can perform tasks with limited or no continuous human control
D. A manual hand tool
Correct Answer: C
Autonomous robots use sensing, planning and control to operate independently.
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Robotics
What is feedback control?
A. Increasing battery size only
B. Running a robot with no sensors
C. Using measured output to adjust a system toward a desired behavior
D. Deleting program code
Correct Answer: C
Closed-loop control compares measured state with a target and corrects errors.
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What is an actuator?
A. A database record
B. A component that produces physical motion or action
C. A camera image only
D. A passive data file
Correct Answer: B
Motors, hydraulic cylinders and servos are examples of actuators.
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What is a robot sensor used for?
A. To store all power permanently
B. To perceive information about the robot or its environment
C. To replace actuators
D. To print documents only
Correct Answer: B
Sensors measure quantities such as distance, force, light or orientation.
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Robotics
What is robotics?
A. Only database management
B. Only web development
C. A type of chemical reaction
D. The field concerned with designing, building, controlling and using robots
Correct Answer: D
Robotics combines mechanical engineering, electronics, control, sensing and computing.