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Robotics Knowledge Quiz

Robotics

Test your knowledge of specific facts, dates, and names in the field of robotics.

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12 Questions Medium Ages 12+ Aug 8, 2026

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1 What year was the first industrial robot, Unimate, installed on a General Motors assembly line?

A 1954
B 1961
C 1972
D 1980

2 Who is widely credited with coining the term 'robot' in his 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)?

A Isaac Asimov
B George Orwell
C Karel Čapek
D Arthur C. Clarke

3 The Mars rover Perseverance landed on Jezero Crater on which date?

A July 20, 2011
B August 6, 2012
C February 18, 2021
D April 12, 2023

4 The first fully autonomous humanoid robot capable of walking was developed by which university research team?

A MIT
B Carnegie Mellon University
C Waseda University
D University of Tokyo

5 What is the name of the robotic arm that performed the first space walk by a robot in 1983?

A Canadarm
B Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)
C Robonaut
D Dextre

6 The first commercially successful domestic robot vacuum cleaner, Roomba, was launched by iRobot in what year?

A 1997
B 2000
C 2002
D 2005

7 Which company developed the industrial robot arm named KUKA KR QUANTEC, known for its high payload capacity?

A ABB
B Fanuc
C Yaskawa
D KUKA

8 The advanced robotic surgical system, da Vinci, was first FDA-approved for laparoscopic procedures in what year?

A 1998
B 2000
C 2006
D 2010

9 What is the approximate number of degrees of freedom (DOF) a typical human arm has, often a target for robotic arm design?

A 3-5
B 7-10
C 12-15
D 20-25

10 The Boston Dynamics Atlas robot, known for its dynamic locomotion capabilities, was first publicly demonstrated in what year?

A 2009
B 2011
C 2013
D 2015

11 Which robotic system, developed by NASA, was the first to be used to perform complex tasks autonomously in space during the STS-74 mission in 1995?

A Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)
B Canadarm2
C Robotic Operations System (ROS)
D Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS)

12 The iconic robot R2-D2 from Star Wars first appeared on screen in which year?

A 1966
B 1977
C 1980
D 1983

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