Tools, Tips, & Tricks
Chassis & Drivetrain
Electrical
Game Analysis/Design Processes
Gearing
100
What tool do you use to tighten the head of a screw
Allen Key and Screwdriver
100
What is the most important sub-system of a robot?
The Drivetrain!
100
What are the two types of circuits you learnt about?
Parallel and series
100
What do you call the process we used yesterday to evaluate this year's game?
FFFD
100
How many teeth does this gear have?
48 teeth
200
How many suns does this channel have?
5 suns
200
What is the base frame of a motor vehicle or other wheeled object called?
A Chassis
200
What is electricity?
Electricity is the form of energy in the flow of charged particles called electrons.
200
Once we have our functions listed in FFFD, what do we do with them to evaluate their importance?
Rank them!
200
What type of gear transfers motion 90 degrees?
Bevel gears
300
What are pliers used for?
To grip things you can't usually grip with your hands
300
What wheels allow movement side to side as well as forward and backward?
Omni wheels
300
What type of circuit are modern day christmas lights?
Parallel
300
What are the two methods/type of charts we use for analysis
FFFD and Pugh Matrix
300
If a gearing system is spinning right, and you have 2 idler gears, what direction will the system spin?
Left!
400
What type of screw has a dome-shaped head?
Button head screw
400
What are a couple of parts included in a drivetrain? List them.
Ex. Motors, wheels, gears, chains, belts
400
What is a substance or device that allows some electricity to pass, but not all?
A Resistor
400
In a pugh matrix what THING do we use to evaluate our solutions?
Criteria
400
What are the 3 types of gears in a gearing system?
Driving gear, driven gear, and idler
500
What game element do you score into the tree and how much does it score?
Cube goes into tree for 75 points
500
What is the name of the drivetrain we are using in our robots?
Shopping Cart
500
What is the basic equation for calculating voltage (Ohm's Law)?
Voltage = Current * Resistance (V=IR)
500
Name all the steps of the design process
Analysis (FFFD), Strategy, Analysis (Pugh Matrix), Design, Test and Improve
500
If you want more torque in your system, what gear ratio should you use?
Smaller driving gear, bigger driven gear