Quiz
for October 1st, 2002
Robonaut: NASA's Humanoid Assistant
1. How many degrees of freedom (DOF) does Robonaut
currently have?
a. 360 DOF
b. 7 DOF
c. 45 DOF
d. 33 1/3 DOF
2: What is Robonaut's most unique feature?
a. Ability to lift heavy weight.
b. Moves faster than other robots or humans.
c. Upper body dexterity similar to and approaching that
of a human
d. Head shaped similar to Bobofet.
3: How many people did it take to build Robonaut?
a. 6
b. Several Hundred
c. 3,247
d. Robots built Robonaut
4: How is Robonaut's motion controlled?
a. Telepresence; direct human command of joint positions
b. Autonomous; high level human command, computer control
of joint positions
c. Mixed-mode TeleAutonomy; combination of direct human,
and computer command
d. All of the above
5: How long will it be before machines like Robonaut
will be as common as televisions or home computers?
a. 2005
b. 2050
c. 2500
d. It will never happen
Answers:
1. c
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. a, b, c, or e
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