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Simple Machines, and Motion
Key Concepts
100
What is a chassis used for?
A chassis is the body of a robot.
100
Give a real world example of a wedge?
A knife, an axe, a doorstop.
100
What does torque give you more of?
Work.
200
How do you build a robot?
You need a chassis, two or less motors, wheel and axle, battery, and gears or gear trains.
200
What are the six simple machines?
A lever, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, screw, and wedge.
200
What is the difference between input and output?
Input gives you speed and output gives you torque
300
How do you make gear trains?
You have multiple gears connected.
300
What type of simple machine are light switches, a toothbrush, and an oar?
Lever.
300
What is the rate at which work is done?
The rate at which work is done is power.
400
What are three types of robots.
Scoop, Plow, and Elevator
400
What is simple Harmonic Motion?
It is what happens when an object moves in a non-complex periodic way. A pendulum is an example.
400
What is the definition of friction?
Friction is the force that resists motion through the rubbing of one object against another.
500
What robot was invited in 2002
The small Roomba cleaner
500
Give an example if a pendulum?
A grandfather clock, swing, and plumb line used by builders to obtain a true vertical measurement
500
What is the center of gravity?
Center of Gravity is the place in a system or body (such as a robot) where the weight is evenly distributed and all sides are in balance.
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