Automated Systems 1

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble.

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1. In an system, a person provides the input, a computer-controlled machine does the processing and produces the output.

2. Automated systems are more and more than humans.

3. Automated systems can be programmed to do boring and tasks.

4. In environments, automated systems can safely take the place of humans.

5. Automated systems can be to do slightly different tasks.

6. There are two types of control, loop and loop.

7. A closed loop system uses to detect what is going on around it.

8. A closed loop system uses from its sensors to change what it is doing.

9. A typical robot arm has the following joints:- a , a , an and a .

10. Robots that move are called robots.

11. A robot is connected to its computer through an .

12. Many signals that come from a robot's sensors are .

13. A robot's computer can only work with signals.

14. The robot-computer interface may need an to converter.

15. A changes a physical input, like temperature, into an analogue signal.

16. A changes a visual image into digital form.

17. A robot arm has the same number of of as it has joints.

18. Grippers, welders, paint sprayers, etc. are all examples of .

19. Robot vehicles in factories may use or guidance systems