Quiz

Question 1

Which robot application type is the most common one?

Answer 1

Handling

Question 2

Which part of a robot system is the most costly?

Answer 2

System, such as program and installation

Question 3

Which robot supplier has most installations worldwide?

Answer 3

Fanuc

Question 4

What is particular for a arc welding robot application?

Answer 4

Many times the robot has a manipulator to orient the product

Question 5

What is particular about the painting robot?

Answer 5

It has a longer arm to reach but is not so rigid

Question 6

What does IFR mean by “Democratizing” robotics?

Answer 6

Low-cost robotics opens up new customer segments

Question 7

What does IFR mean with by the trending human-robot collaboration?

Answer 7

Ease of use is a driver for the use of cobots

Question 8

What technology is involved in a robot simulation system?

Answer 8

Mathematically detect clearances and collisions (+more)

Question 9

What is enabled through a PLM system-based robot simulation system?

Answer 9

Several persons can work on the same data set in realtime

Question 10

Who are the two major robot simulation providers in the world?

Answer 10

Siemens and Dassault Systémes

Question 11

What does Object-oriented programming use?

Answer 11

Object-oriented programming uses features from the product to program the robot

Question 12

A TagGroup contains what information?

Answer 12

Coordinate location objects

Question 13

In Teach-in programming use what?

Answer 13

The robot is used physically to do the programming

Question 14

Professor Bolmsjö states two classifications of programming. Which is the correct statement?

Answer 14

Where relates to on-line and off-line programming. How is related to abstraction level.

Question 15

Which three main phases are involved in the design of a robot system according to Professor Bolmsjö?

Answer 15

Pre-study > Procurement > Implementation

Question 16

Virtual Commissioning is…

Answer 16

The process of using simulation technology to validate PLC logic before making changes to the actual plant

Question 17

The reason for using Virtual Commissioning is…

Answer 17

to unlike the traditional approach enable concurrent engineering in the commissioning of your plant

Question 18

Why did Airbus decide to use Virtual Commissioning for the building of all their new factories?

Answer 18

It is a way to make sure their Tier-1 suppliers test all their logic programming on the equipment to be deployed in the Airbus factories.

Question 19

What is the long-term goal of using Machine Learning in industrial robotics?

Answer 19

To increase flexibility in the tasks that robots are executing WITHOUT having to re-program the robot

Question 20

What is the third main point for machine learning in industrial robotics?

Answer 20

To teach the robot how to work in a new environment is not longer necessary

Question 21

What is the purpose of the Virtual Robot Controller in RRS? (Realistic Robot Simulation)

Answer 21

Integrating robot controller software almost completely into simulators

Question 22

How accurate has the RCS made the simulation model compared to the real one? (Robot Simulation Interface)

Answer 22

99,8%

Question 23

What is the definition of a robot?

Answer 23

It is a mechanical or virtual artificial agent

Question 24

What is the definition of an industrial robot?

Answer 24

It is reprogrammable

Question 25

Why do you buy an industrial robot?

Answer 25

It will help you to achieve higher quality through higher repetitiveness

Question 26

What is TCP0?

Answer 26

It is the coordinate where you mount an end-effector

Question 27

What is a revolute joint?

Answer 27

It is the rotational movement between two links

Question 28

What is the homogenous transformation matrix?

Answer 28

It describes both rotation and translation

Question 29

What is the name of the first industrial robot?

Answer 29

Unimate

Question 30

Why was the electric robot important for the evolution of robots?

Answer 30

The resolution in robot movement was increased

Question 31

What is repetitive accuracy in a robot?

Answer 31

It finds its way back to a known location

Question 32

What does the wrist enable in a robot?

Answer 32

You can each 6 degrees of freedom

Question 33

How can you use configuration in robot programming?

Answer 33

Configuration enables you to have avoid collisions

Question 34

What is a trends in robotics?

Answer 34

Labor cost increases, robot prices decreases

Question 35

Why did Joe Engelberger "The father of robotics" have problems to sell Unimate at the start?

Answer 35

Customers did not understand and industry was afraid it would take jobs from employees

Question 36

Which three are joint types in a robot?

Answer 36

Ball-joint Revolute joint Universal joint

Question 37

What is the purpose of a fixture?

Answer 37

A fixture is a device for locating, holding and supporting workpieces during manufacturing operations

Question 38

What is the flag unit in a fixture?

Answer 38

It goes between the Structure of the fixture and the Pickup

Question 39

How can jigs be eliminated?

Answer 39

In CNC machines the tool path is digitally programmed and stored in memory, thus can be utilized instead of jigs

Question 40

How can fixtures be eliminated?

Answer 40

By robots to hold the part instead of putting the parts in a fixture

Question 41

What is the 3-2-1 method in fixture design?

Answer 41

A workpiece is confined when banked against three points in one plane, two points in another plane, and one point in a third plane

Question 42

How many elements of the degrees-of-freedom does the 3-2-1 principle give?

Answer 42

9

Question 43

What is absolute accuracy?

Answer 43

Absolute accuracy is about going accurate to an unknown position

Question 44

What does calibration of a robot do?

Answer 44

Robot calibration is the process of identifying certain parameters in the kinematic structure

Question 45

What is giving bad accuracy?

Answer 45

Internal loading and structural resonance affecting the robot path

Question 46

Why is an industrial robot risky to use in a grinding process?

Answer 46

Due to bad stiffness in the servos the robot will not maintain its calculated position

Question 47

What is skidding effect in a robot?

Answer 47

It slides on the surface