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
