vocab Flashcards
Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
Engineering
The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs.
Technology
Innovation
An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem, especially by a computer.
Algorithm
In robotics, a set of coded instructions the robot must follow.
Computer Program
a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls.
Robot
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.
Information fed into a system
Input
The information produced by a computer.
Output
A push or pull on an object
Force
A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
Gear
Circular movement.
Rotary Motion
A twisting force
Torque
Time traveled
Speed
The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear.
Driven
Drive
The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear.
A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
System
Anything your robot does; turning on a motor is a behavior, following a line is a behavior, navigating a maze is a behavior
Behavior
Set of instructions that control the operation of a computer.
Program
Pseudocode
Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of code.
