Software
Hardware
FIRST
Cupertino Robotics
Fun Trivia
100

This is the name of the platform that we write out robot code on.

Android Studio

100

This is the full form of the abbreviation CAD.

Computer Aided Design

100

This man is the founder of FIRST and the inventor of the segway.

Dean Kamen

100

This is the team number for our FRC team.

2473

100

How many keys are on the standard piano?

88

200

This is the the name of the mathematical model of behavior in programming that performs produces certain outputs in specific states and transitions between states to make the code more effective.

State Machine

200

The mecanum wheel is an omnidirectional wheel design for a land-based vehicle to move in any direction including this unique direction (wheels do not usually travel this way).

sideways (strafe)

200

In FTC, during a game, the autonomous is 30 secs long but the teleOp period is this many seconds long.

90

200

This is what FTC stands for.

First Tech Challenge

200

This person is the most decorated Olympian of all time.

Michael Phelps

300

This class provides a means of retrieving runtime HardwareDevice instances according to the names with which the corresponding physical devices were associated during robot configuration.

HardwareMap

300

This is where this safety glasses are located in the roboshack. 

(hint there are two locations - point to both)

Near the second door and on the other side of the roboshack.

300

This is a philosophy that teams should help and work with each other even as they compete. It involves learning from teammates and mentors and teaching teammates.

Coopertition

300

This is the name of our Cupertino Robotics mascot.

Dusty

300

This color is the rarest M&M color.

Brown

400

This concept uses data from motion sensors to estimate change in position over time. It is used in robotics to estimate their position relative to a starting location.

Odometry

400

These devices are by far the most common method for measuring rotational motion. As they produce digital signals, they are less-prone to noise and interference than analog devices (such as potentiometers).

Encoders

400

This MIT professor of mechanical engineering coined the term Gracious Professionalism and became a role model for the FIRST community.

Woodie Flowers

400

This is what FRC stands for.

First Robotics Competition

400

This out-of-this-world film is the highest grossing film of all time.

Avatar

500

This is the general format of code used to hardware map different objects.

hardwareMap.get(Class class, String deviceName);

OR

hardwareMap.dcMotor.get(String deviceName);

500

This device is an angular rate sensor typically used in robotics to measure and/or stabilize robot headings.

Gyroscope (gyro)

500

This is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community.

Gracious Professionalism

500

Among our FTC teams, our team numbers are 6038, 7128, 4950, and this team number.

7610

500

This Kardashian is a runway model. 

Kendall Jenner

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