Automation and Robotics Unit

3. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment.
8. The people available for work in a particular area, firm, or industry.
10. In robotics, a set of coded instructions the robot must follow.
12. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans.
14. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls.
15. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment.
17. The component of a robot that comes into contact with the work piece and does the actual work on it. Also known as the hand.
19. A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem, especially by a computer.
22. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated, and others are unanticipated.
23. In robotics, provides power to the robot; may supply electricity, hydraulic power, or pneumatic power.
24. The process of detecting and eliminating a device’s malfunctions.
25. Containing, producing, arising from, or actuated by electricity.

1. A community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests.
2. A social science that deals with production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
4. A balancing of factors, all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up of one thing in return for another.
5. An arm-like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
6. Technology dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots in automation.
7. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software.
8. The space within which a robotic arm can move.
9. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods.
11. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas.
13. In robotics, a tiny computer that acts as the robot’s brain and contains the computer program.
16. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions, especially a computer program.
18. Conforming to an established set of principles or accepted professional standards of conduct.
20. Operated by the action of water or other fluids.
21. A person who writes and tests computer programs.