Robotics Vocab Flashcards

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Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.

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Engineering

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2
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The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs.

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Technology

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3
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An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.Innovation

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Innovation

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4
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A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem, especially by a computer

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Algorithm

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5
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In robotics, a set of coded instructions the robot must follow

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Computer Program

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6
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a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls

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Robot

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7
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The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others

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Mechanism

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8
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Information fed into a system

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.Input

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9
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The information produced by a computer.

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Output

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10
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A push or pull on an object.

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Force

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11
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A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.

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Gear

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12
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Circular movement.

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.Rotary Motion

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13
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A twisting force (power).

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Torque

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14
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Time traveled

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Speed

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15
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The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear

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Driven

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16
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The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear.

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Drive

17
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A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.

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System

18
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Anything your robot does; turning on a motor is a behavior, following a line is a behavior, navigating a maze is a behavior

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Behavior

19
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Set of instructions that control the operation of a computer

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Program

20
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Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of code.

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Pseudo Code