17. The maximum weight of material a robot is capable of handling on a continuous basis is the
A. dynamic performance
B. payload
C. command resolution
D. spatial resolution
48. Robots used for ______ are generally small and designed to move small parts accurately at high speeds.
A. machining processes
B. spraying operations
C. assembly work
D. die casting
49. Automated guided vehicles use a ______ for navigation.
A. buried wire guidepath
B. magnetic tape guidepath
C. global positioning system
D. All of the above.
50. ______ robots are mobile and can move to a work area to perform necessary tasks.
A. Service
B. Pick-and-place
C. Inspection
D. Loading and unloading
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
51. Artificial intelligence is the ability of a person to control a robot.
52. Robots are part of the flexible automation category of machinery.
53. The five major components of industrial robots are the controller, manipulator, end effector, base, and
workpiece.
54. Robot movement is initiated by a series of instructions stored in the end effector.
55. Hierarchical control organizes commands from the software to the parts of a robot into layers.
56. The end effector is attached to the end of the robot arm.
57. Pitch is the side-to-side movement of a robot's wrist.
58. The operations of a robot with seven degrees of freedom are less complex than the operations of a robot with
three degrees of freedom.
59. A non-servo robot is a closed-loop system.
60. The four major work envelope configurations are revolute, Cartesian, spherical, and open.
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