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Topic 3.7: Robots and autonomous technologies Questions
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Identify **two** uses of robotic arms other than surgery.
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Identify **three** sensors carried by a robot that inspects underwater pipelines.
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Identify **two** kinds of health information a wearable can infer rather than measure directly.
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A warehouse uses machines that pick parcels from shelves. Identify **two** characteristics of a robot.
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Identify **two** sensors a robot uses to navigate inside a building.
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Identify **three** kinds of data an agricultural drone produces about a field.
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With reference to Sources A–D and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree that the use of drones by a regional authority for flood rescue outweighs the concerns?
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With reference to Sources A–D and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree that the use of drones by a health ministry for medical deliveries outweighs the concerns?
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Explain **one** reason why a designer might deliberately make a robot look unlike a person.
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Identify **two** types of robot other than service robots.
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With reference to Source B, explain **two** characteristics of a drone that make it suitable for emergency delivery.
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A care home uses a social robot to chat with residents. Identify **two** types of robot other than social robots.
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Identify **two** types of robot other than domestic robots such as robot vacuum cleaners.
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Identify **two** uses of robotic arms other than assembling cars.
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Identify **two** uses of robotic arms other than packing parcels.
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Identify **two** characteristics of an autonomous machine.
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Outline **one** dilemma raised by autonomous machines.
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With reference to Source A, explain **one** reason why testing autonomous machines is difficult.
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Explain **one** reason why the degree of autonomy matters more than whether a machine is called autonomous.
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Explain **one** reason why an error by an autonomous machine is harder to assign responsibility for than an error by a person.
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