ASSIGNMENT 3

Industrial Robotics: Theories for Implementation

Dr. Arun Dayal Udai, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

1. Which of the following temperature sensors are good for lower-range temperature applications?
a. Resistance Temperature Detector
b. Thermocouple
c. Thermistors
d. Bimetallic Thermometer

Correct Answer: a and c

2. Which of the following is FALSE in the context of a rotary potentiometer?

a. Used as a voltage divider
b. Used as an absolute angle sensor
c. It is an analog sensor
d. Can sense velocity and acceleration.

Correct Answer: d

3. Which of the following sensors can detect non-metallic objects?

a. Resistance based
b. Capacitance based
c. Inductance-based
d. Optical based

Correct Answer: b and d

4. A rotary potentiometer of 10k Ohms being used as an angular position sensor of full-scale reading of
5V for 270 degrees will give:
a. 127 for 135 degrees with an Analog-Digital Converter (ADC) of 8 bits
b. 2.5V for 90 degrees
c. 255 for 0 degrees with ADC of 8 bits
d. 1.25V for 45 degrees

Correct Answer: a

Solution:
Output Voltage is proportional to the Input Voltage × (Input Angle/Total Angle).
Voltage is converted to 0 to Full scale (for 8 bits it is 255) of digital value proportional to the output
voltage fed to the ADC.
5. Settling time is associated with output.
a. Before the steady state
b. After the steady state
c. Within the steady state
d. None of the above

Correct Answer: a

6. Which of the following do not use an accelerometer in any modern vehicles

a. Triggering Airbag inflation system
b. Anti-lock braking system
c. Cruise steering control
d. Speedometer

Correct Answer: c

7. Backlash in a sensor is analogous to:

a. Smallest change in the input that will produce an observable change.
b. Maximum range of inputs possible for which there is no observable change in the output
c. Ability to give the same output for a constant input over a period of time.
d. Ability to give the same output for repeated application of the same input

Correct Answer: b

8. Which of the following is false in the context to an Optical Angle encoder?

a. It has two phase wires for capturing the direction and position
b. it is used as an absolute angle sensor
c. It is an analog sensor
d. can directly sense velocity and acceleration

Correct Answer: b, c and d

9. At which stage the measurement system comes in contact with the measurand or the quantity to be
measured?
a. Transducer Stage
b. Signal Processor Stage
c. Output Stage
d. Sensing Stage

Correct Answer: d
10. A shaft encoder is to be used with a 50 mm radius tracking wheel to monitor linear displacement. If
the encoder produces 256 pulses per revolution, what will be the number of pulses produced by a linear
displacement of 200 mm?

a. 128 pulse
b. 1024 pulse
c. 64 pulse
d. 162 pulse

Correct Answer: d

Detailed Solution:
Circumference = 2 × π × radius = 100 π mm
For 100 π mm, 256 pulses are required,
So, for 1 mm the number of pulses required = 256/100 π
Hence, for 200 mm of displacement, the number of pulses required = (256 × 200) / 100 π = 162 pulses
(approx.)