Class 6 Domain: ICT Fundamentals

Chapter 1: ICT Fundamentals

Week 2: Worksheet # 1

Measurement Applications

More reliable, Accuracy, Response time, Work longer, Frequency of readings, Automatic
readings a makes it safer to record data in dangerous environments.

 Sensors are used to

automatically detect and
measure physical quantities.
 Can connect the sensor with a
computer and pre-set time
intervals to log data called
data logging.
 Sensors can determine the changes in quantities.
 Sensors produce analogue data which we use ADC to turn to digital converter so the computer
can measure it.
 Analogue data is binary or 101010101

Scientific experiments Weather Stations

Water temperature example:
 Thermostat: To measure the temperature of
water.
 ADC: To convert the analogue temperature data
into digital.
 Computer: To log and receive the digital
temperature data.
 Software: To analyst the received data.
This to collect data about: weather forecast,
water quality in rivers streams and levels of air
pollution, etc.
You need:
 Thermometer to measure temperature.
 Humidity sensor to measure the amount of
water in air.
 Barometer to measure air pressure.
 Anemometer to measure wind speed.
 Rain gauge to measure the amount of rainfall
over a certain period.

Application in manufacturing industries

Robots in Industrial Manufacturing:

The automotive manufacturing industry has long been one of the quickest and largest adopters of
industrial robotic technology, and that continues to this day. Robots are used in nearly every part of
automotive manufacturing in one way or another, and it remains as one of the most highly automated
supply chains in the world.

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Some of the common industrial robots are as follows.

1. Collaborative Robots
These collaborative robots are built to work together with other robots, on enormous assembly
lines. Robots must collaborate between handling and welding robots to make such assembly lines
function properly.
2. Robotic Painting
Professional painters are difficult to find and the job is a highly toxic one. This makes it perfect
for robots, because the paint job needs to be highly consistent over a large area of paint, and reducing the
amount of wasted material can add up to quite a bit of savings over time.
3. Robotic Welding
Robotic welding has been the top robotic application in the automotive sector for a long time, as
every car needs a high number of welds before it’s complete. Given the high value of the finished
product, productivity from automation is enormous.
4. Robotic Assembly
In many automotive plants, robots are assembling smaller components like pumps and motors at
high speeds. Often, robots are performing tasks like windshield installation and wheel mounting to
increase throughput.
5. Material Removal
High consistency and repeatability make robots perfect for material removal processes like
trimming and cutting. This could be in the form of cutting fabrics, trimming plastic moldings and die
castings or even polishing molds.
6. Part Transfer and Machine Tending
Pouring molten metal, transferring metal stamps, and loading and unloading CNC machines are
all best completed by a robot as they are dangerous. When completed consistently with little downtime
they can also be a source of major productivity.

BRAIN STORM
Name the tools that use for measurement.
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Write the uses of Robots?
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Explain three commonly used industrial Robots.
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