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| The five main parts of a robot. | arm *controller *drive *end effector *sensors |
| Most jointed-arm robots in use today have _________ degrees of freedom. | six |
| "Robot" in Czech comes from the word "robota", meaning _______________________ | compulsory labor |
| Robotic rovers that are currently working on the surface of Mars. They were designed to last for 9 months. Almost six years later the two rovers are still operational. | spirit and opportunity |
| The Greek inventor and physicist designed water clocks that had movable figures on them | Ctesibus |
| The "engine" that drives the links (the sections between the joints into their desired position | drive |
| The "hand" connected to the robot's arm. It could be a tool such as a gripper, a vacuum pump, tweezers, scalpel, blowtorch - just about anything that helps it do its job. | end effector |
| The area in which the robot operates. | work envelope |
| Honda has created a humanoid robot named ___________. | asimov |
| Ninety percent of robots work in ____________ | factories |
| More than half of factory robots are at work making _______________ | automobiles |
| A branch of computer science that deals with intelligent behavior, learning, and adaptation in machines. | artificial intelligence |
| The duck was an example of the inventor’s attempt at what he called "moving anatomy", or modeling human or animal anatomy with mechanics." The duck moved, quacked, flapped it's wings and even ate and digested food. | Jacques de Vaucanson |
| Every robot is connected to a computer, which keeps the pieces of the arm working together. It acts as the brain for the robo | controller |
| Most robots of today are nearly deaf and blind. Added features can provide some limited feedback to the robot so it can do its job. | sensors |
| Creator of the difference machine. He is often heralded as the "Father of the Computer" and his work lives on as the foundation for the binary numbering system that is the basis of modern computers. | Charles Babbage |
| The first industrial arm robot is introduced in 1962. It is designed to complete repetitive or dangerous tasks on a General Motors assembly line. | unimate |
| The part of the robot that positions the end-effector and sensors to do their pre-programmed business. | arm |
