robotics vocab Flashcards
Engineering
Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
Technology
The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs.
Innovation
An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
Algorithm
A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem, especially by a computer.
Computer Program
In robotics, a set of coded instructions the robot must follow.
Robot
a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls.
Mechanism
The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
Input
Information fed into a system.
Output
The information produced by a computer.
Force
A push or pull on an object.
Gear
A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
Rotary Motion
Circular movement.
Torque
A twisting force (power).
Speed
Time traveled
Driven
The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear.
