QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
In what year, did the first computer appear? - CORRECT ANSWER 1942
Around 300 B.C., Hero of Alexandria invented a ____ statue of Hercules. - CORRECT
ANSWER hydraulic
The first robot who could spell, complete magic tricks, and calculate math was called
_____________________. - CORRECT ANSWER Psycho
Roger Bacon was said to have created a _________________________________. - CORRECT
ANSWER Mechanical head that could talk
____ was a Greek philosopher that began the development of actual theories that enabled the creation
of today's robots. - CORRECT ANSWER Plato
____ described humans and animals as machines that follow natural patterns. - CORRECT
ANSWER Rene Descartes
The first machines to mimic the human mind were known as _____ machines. - CORRECT
ANSWER Processing
The book ______________________ by Bertrand Russell enabled people to use mathematical logic
to write computer programs. - CORRECT ANSWER Principia Mathematica
A student at MIT created the first personal robot. - CORRECT ANSWER True
Seiko produced the first robot used in industry in ____. - CORRECT ANSWER 1939
The first widely used robot was called the ______________________. - CORRECT
ANSWER Unimate
, ____ first used the term "robot" in a play to describe a device that served a master. - CORRECT
ANSWER Karel Capek
A ________________________ functions as the mind of a robot, while a _____________________
functions as the body. - CORRECT ANSWER Computer; Machine
____ means controlling a robot's movements using a remote-control device. - CORRECT
ANSWER Teleoperating
Which type of robot is able to move from place to place? - CORRECT ANSWER Mobile
______________ robots have a fixed base so they always stay in place. (5 Letters) - CORRECT
ANSWER Fixed
The programs that allow a robot to think and make decisions are called ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER artificial intelligence
The following describes robot efficiency EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER Can carry out only
one task
The following are tasks that robots can perform EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER Take care of
a sick child
All of the following are ways that robots are used in the medical field, EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWER Advising patients about care
Robots need to be built to move as effectively as a human. - CORRECT ANSWER True
The body of a robot is called ______________________. - CORRECT ANSWER Hardware
Another word for a manipulator is an end-effector. - CORRECT ANSWER True