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Unit 2 - Week 1 Robotics - - Unit 2 - Week 1: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_me61/un... X [email protected] ▼ Courses » Robotics Announcements Course Ask a Question Progress Mentor FAQ Unit 2 - Week 1: Course outline Week 1 : Assignment 1 The due date for submitting this assignment has passed. How to access As per our records you have not submitted this Due on 2018-08-22, 23:59 IST. the portal assignment. Week 1: 1) The terms: “Robot” and “Robotics” were introduced by 1 point Lecture 01 : (a) George Devol and Joseph Engelberger, respectively Introduction to Robots and (b) Joseph Engelberger and George Devol, respectively Robotics (c) Karel Capek and Isaac Asimov, respectively Lecture 02 : Introduction to (d) Issac Asimov and Karel Capek, respectively Robots and Robotics(Contd.) No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Lecture 03 : Introduction to Accepted Answers: Robots and (c) Karel Capek and Isaac Asimov, respectively Robotics(Contd.) 2) The first patent on Manipulator was filed in 1954 by 1 point Lecture 04 : Introduction to (a) Joseph Engelberger Robots and Robotics(Contd.) (b) George Devol Lecture 05 : (c) Victor Scheinman Introduction to Robots and (d) Richard Hohn Robotics(Contd.) No, the answer is incorrect. Quiz : Week 1 : Score: 0 Assignment 1 Accepted Answers: Lesson 6 : (b) George Devol Lecture Materials 3) Which one of the following statements is TRUE? 1 point Feedback for Week 1 (a) Revolute joint is a rotary joint having 1 dof (b) Revolute joint is a linear joint having 2 dof Week 2: (c) Revolute joint is a linear joint having 3 dof Week 3: © 2014 NPTEL - Privacy & Terms - Honor Code - FAQs - A project of In association with Funded by 1 of 4 Tuesday 16 October 2018 05:04 PM Robotics - - Unit 2 - Week 1: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_me61/un... Powered by Week 7: (a) 2 and 4 dof, respectively (b) 2 and 5 dof, respectively Week 8: (c) 3 and 6 dof, respectively Download Videos (d) 4 and 7 dof, respectively No, the answer is incorrect. Text Transcripts Score: 0 Assignment Accepted Answers: Solution (c) 3 and 6 dof, respectively 5) Spot welding and Arc welding are the examples of 1 point Interactive Session with Students (a) Point-to-point tasks (b) Continuous path tasks (c) Point-to-point and continuous path tasks, respectively (d) Continuous path task and point-to-point tasks, respectively No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: (c) Point-to-point and continuous path tasks, respectively 6) Which one of the following statements is TRUE? 1 point (a) Servo-controlled and Non-servo-controlled robots have closed loop and open loop control systems, respectively. (b) Servo-controlled and Non-servo-controlled robots have open loop and closed loop control systems, respectively. (c) Both servo-controlled and non-servo-controlled robots have open loop control systems (d) Both servo-controlled and non-servo-controlled robots have closed loop control systems No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: (a) Servo-controlled and Non-servo-controlled robots have closed loop and open loop control systems, respectively. 7) 1 point Degree(s) of freedom of a four – bar mechanism is/are found to be equal to 2 of 4 Tuesday 16 October 2018 05:04 PM Robotics - - Unit 2 - Week 1: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_me61/un... (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4 No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: (c) 1 8) Which one of the following statements is TRUE? 1 point (a) Dextrous workspace of a manipulator is a subset of its reachable workspace (b) Reachable workspace of a manipulator is a subset of its dextrous workspace (c) No relationship exists between dextrous and reachable workspaces (d) Summation of dextrous and reachable workspaces of a manipulator gives rise to its total workspace No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: (a) Dextrous workspace of a manipulator is a subset of its reachable workspace 9) Which one of the following statements is TRUE? 1 point (a) Unimate 2000 is a point-to-point robot but PUMA is a continuous path robot (b) Unimate 2000 is a continuous path robot but PUMA is a point-to-point robot (c) Both Unimate 2000 and PUMA are point-to-point robots (d) Both Unimate 2000 and PUMA are continuous path robots No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: (a) Unimate 2000 is a point-to-point robot but PUMA is a continuous path robot 10)Which one of the following statements is TRUE? 1 point (a) Asimo humanoid robot was developed by Odetics (b) ASV (Adaptive Suspension Vehicle) was developed by Cincinnati Milacron Corporation (c) T3 (The Tomorrow Tool) was developed by Unimation (d) CNC machine is not a robot No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: (d) CNC machine is not a robot Previous Page End 3 of 4 Tuesday 16 October 2018 05:04 PM Robotics - - Unit 2 - Week 1: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_me61/un... 4 of 4 Tuesday 16 October 2018 05:04 PM.
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