Robotics
6.2What the syllabus asks of you
- Understand what is meant by robotics • Robotics is a branch of computer science that incorporates the design, construction and operation of robots • Examples include factory equipment, domestic robots and drones
- Describe the characteristics of a robot • Including: – a mechanical structure or framework – electrical components, such as sensors, microprocessors and actuators – programmable
- Understand the roles that robots can • Robots can be used in areas including: perform and describe the advantages and – industry disadvantages of their use – transport – agriculture – medicine – domestic settings – entertainment
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Chapter 6: Robotics
Drill this topic
All 4 questions on Robotics, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
4 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.