Control Systems

Question 1

What are control systems?

Answer 1

Systems where the output affects the input

Question 2

Describe robotics

Answer 2

Deices which are programmed to do things by giving them a set of instructions

Question 3

What are bionics?

Answer 3

They are used alongside robotics where the nature is see when designing modern technology

Question 4

Give an example of the input, processing and output involved in a feedback control system in a robotic arm

Answer 4

The safety feedback system stops the arm moving if someone comes near it. This is called a feedback loop as this process will be repeated hundreds of times per second, while its moving

Question 5

What is the input in a robotic arm?

Answer 5

Passive Infrared (PIR) sensors will tell the computer it is near an objet

Question 6

What is the processing in a robotic arm, when it detects a near object?

Answer 6

The compute will decide whether to continue moving the arm. For safety reasons, real-time processing is required

Question 7

Describe the out of a robotic arm when its near an object.

Answer 7

If the computer tells it to, the robotic arm will continue moving but by a small amount using a motor output interface

Question 8

Give two advantages of using robotics/ bionics in control systems

Answer 8

robots do not take breaks and don’t need to be constantly paid wages

Question 9

give two disadvantages of using bionics/ robotics in control systems

Answer 9

There is a high initial costs of robotics and some jobs will be lost