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Robotics

TermDefinition
Build construct (something, typically something large) by putting parts or material together over a period of time.
Computer an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Fun enjoyment, amusement, or lighthearted pleasure
Remote a remote control device
Gears Gears are mechanisms that mesh together via teeth and are used to transmit rotary motion from one shaft to another.
Sensor A sensor is a device that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment
Arduino Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software.
Vex Robotics robotics competition for elementary through university students. It is a subset of VEX Robotics, which is in turn a subset of Innovation First International.
Robot (especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically.
Mindstorm Lego Mindstorms, a series of programmable robotics kits.
Edison Robot The Edison robot is a powerful, engaging tool for teaching kids computational thinking and computer programming in a hands-on way. ... Not just a remote-controlled robot, Edison can: Respond to light and sound.
Makeblock Makeblock is a private Chinese technology company headquartered in Shenzhen, China, that develops Arduino based Hardware, Robotics Hardware, and Scratch based Software.
Autonomous Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent: an autonomous judiciary; an autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate
Beams A beam is a structural element that primarily resists loads applied laterally to the beam's axis
Bushing a type of plain bearing; Bushing (electrical), an insulated device that allows a conductor to pass through a grounded
Connectors connector is the part on a cable or an appliance that has female contact pins and is intended to be attached to the end of the flexible cable remote from the supply.
Gears Gears are mechanisms that mesh together via teeth and are used to transmit rotary motion from one shaft to another.
Light important industrial sub-industry and provides services to a huge range of sectors including power, consumer goods and manufacturing.
Pegs a short cylindrical piece of wood, metal, or plastic, typically tapered at one end, that is used for holding things together, hanging things on, or marking a position.
Programming the action or process of writing computer programs.
Axles An axle is a shaft on which the wheels revolve. A full-floating axle is used to drive the rear wheels.
Belts A belt is a loop of flexible material used to link two or more rotating shafts mechanically, most often parallel.
Command give an authoritative order
Control g discipline that applies automatic control theory to design systems with desired behaviors in control environments.
Input what is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system.
Motors a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for some other device with moving parts.
Plates efers to the surface plate where it is used in setting up the tool, marking the layout, gaging, and in inspection activities.
Pulleys a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes. It acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is chiefly used (typically in combination) to raise heavy weights.
Sensors A sensor is a device that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment
Wheels a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground.
Batteries a small rectangular block typically made of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building.
Brick used where strength, low water porosity or acid (flue gas) resistance are needed.
Computer an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Download copy (data) from one computer system to another, typically over the Internet.
Language the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.
Output the amount of something produced by a person, machine, or industry.
Ports a person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the machinery of the vessels of a shipping line and for the supervision of its engineering personnel
RCX a Lego Mindstorms controller device.
Software the programs and other operating information used by a computer.
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