Robotic Terms
A term that means “forced labor” or “drudgery.”
What is a Robot?
This civilization made advanced clocks which rely on water entering/exiting a container at a constant rate.
What is Egypt?
This world-changing invention was first created in Ancient Greece and has since been refined by many different inventors throughout the industrial revolution.
What is the Steam Engine?
This time of robot are designed to work alongside humans without the need for safety rails.
What is a Cobot?
A piece of software that can take in inputs and make informed decisions/predictions.
What is AI?
This adjective means "able to operate without direct human control."
What is Autonomous?
The creator of the Clockwork Lion.
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
This invention was the first to be programmable by using punch cards.
What is the Jacquard Loom?
This invention from 2002 made household robots mainstream.
What is a Roomba?
The word given to robots and automatons that resemble the human form.
What is Humanoid?
Using pressurized liquid for powerful motion.
What is Hydraulics?
Ancient Chinese inventors made these.
What are Mechanical Birds/Animals/Toys?
The inventor of the first remote-controlled device.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
The first Martian rover that lasted 83 days, traveled about 330 feet, and sent back over 550 photos and rock analysis data to Earth.
What is the Sojourner?
Using compressed air for fast, simple motion.
What is Pneumatics?
A device built to perform a set sequence of actions.
What is an Automaton?
This DaVinci invention represented the first serious attempt at a programmable humanoid machine in the West.
What is the Mechanical Knight?
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The first robot with the ability to plan, reason, and understand its environment.
What is Shakey?
The term for many small robots working together.
What is Swarm Robotics?
A precise electric motor with built-in position control.
What is a Servo/Stepper Motor?
This person built the first vending machine and automatic doors.
Who is Heron of Alexandria?
This Englishman is credited with taking the steam engine and adding a piston to separate the condensing steam from the water.
Who is Thomas Newcomen?
This robot was the first full-scale humanoid robot.
What is Wabot-1?
This competition rewarded the first team to create a self-driving car capable of driving a 132-mile desert course.
What is the DARPA Grand Challenge?
An electrically controlled switch used in early logic and automation.
What is a Relay?
This inventor created a group of water-powered musicians that could play different rhythms.
Who is al-Jazari?
The first person to use a steam carriage on a railway.
Who is Richard Trevithick?
The first industrial robot, installed at General Motors in 1961.
What is Unimate?
This field studies how systems use feedback loops to regulate their behavior.
What is Cybernetics?