Definitions
What are our five senses?
Taste, smell, touch, hear, see.
Name one common function of a robot.
*Carry out computations.
* sense its environment
When you made your sumobot, you needed to follow certain criteria? What does "criteria" mean.
rules that you had to follow, in your case the size requirements adn motor limit
These robots are used in the armed forces.
Military
Name an example of a robot used for tasks around the house.
A Roomba is one kind
What do sensors help robots do?
Sensors help robots sense their environment.
Because we are human, we are able to input input information that comes from ... what?
...our five senses.
What do you call the process of creating instructions for robots?
Coding
These robots are used in factories.
Claws, factory lines, etc
Approximately how many industrial robots are currently being used?
More than one million.
Give an example of an "output".
*Air coming from a hair dryer.
*Moving away from and not touching something hot.
*Looking for a ball when you hear it being hit.
*A printer printing on paper.
Are robots capable of thinking or making decisions?
No, they are only programable machines.
When you made your Sumobot, you had some constraints. What does the word "constraint" mean?
Something that limits you, almost like an obstacle. Examples are part constraints.
Are computers robots?
Yes
What kind of robots are a looking for roadside bombs in Iraq?
Military robots.
Automated robots...
Robots that don't need humans to work
Mrs. Zbytniewski can not considerer her hair dryer to be a robot. Why not?
It can't sense its environment.
Name three benefits to using a robot.
Dangerous, Boring, Messy, and other difficult jobs that humans would rather not do.
They have screens and are used in hospitals.
Medical
When did the most advancements in robot technology happen?
The 20th century.
What does the word "Autonomous" mean?
Doing something on it's own.
What planet received a robot from Nasa to explore it surface.
Mars
What are 2 types of testing
Measured testing, and Trial/Error
Drones are one kind, rockets are another. What engineering goes into these flying robots?
Aerospace engineering
What part of a robot is the CONTROLLER(not the remote controller. Think back to Arduinos and Rasperry pi)?
The brain