Automated Systems: General Homework Questions

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Mr Carey
Mr Munro
Mr McGivern

In ten pin bowling, players roll a heavy ball and try to knock down as many of the ten pins as possible. The ball then rolls into a gutter behind the pins. When the ball is in the gutter, a set of ten grippers move down to pick up the pins that are still standing. This sequence is controlled by a computer.

How does the computer know when to pick up the pins? PS (2 points)

After the pins have been picked up, a screen displays which pins have still to be knocked down. How might the computer know which pins have still to be knocked down? PS (2 points)

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The robotic arm was designed using a Computer Aided Design (CAD) package.

Give two advantages of using a CAD package to draw the plans rather than by drawing them by hand. KU (2 points)

A professional CAD package has a mouse and a printer.

Give one other input device you would expect it to have.KU
(1 point)

Give one other output device you would expect it to have. KU (1 point)

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