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Designing a robot
At a competition
FTC Culture
100
The maximum number of artifacts a robot can control at one time
What is 3 artifacts?
(G408 / Page 104)
100
Where teams must wear safety glasses or side shields
What are around the field and in the pit area?
(E101 / Page 29)
100
The primary programming language used to code a robot
What is Java?
100
The act of gathering information on other teams
What is scouting?
100
This motto forms the core ethos of FIRST
What is Gracious Professionalism®?
200
The (new) points system that is used to determine competition advancement based on a team's performance
What are Ranking Points (RP)?
(13.6.3 / Page 158)
200
These types of closed-air systems are banned on FTC robots
What are pneumatics?
(R801 / Page 147, R207 / Page 125)
200
Other than steel, this metal is commonly used in robot construction
What is aluminum?
200
The area you have to stand in to ask the referees questions about the game rules, or a match
(Does this exist outside of NYC??)
What is the question box?
200
FTC is frequently confused with this robot combat show
What is Battlebots?
400
Every AprilTag ID that is used on the field
TAG IDs 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24
(9.10 / Page 72)
400
A robot's starting configuration is limited to a cube with sides of this length
What is 18 inches?
(R101 / Page 119)
400
Fusion, Onshape and SolidWorks are all examples of this
What is CAD software?
400
The three roles that can be on each team's drive team during a match
What are driver, human player, and coach?
400
This school hosts the two oldest FTC teams in the NYC region
What is Stuyvesant High School?
(310 - Stuy Fission & 479 - Stuy Fusion)
800
You may receive a minor foul for doing this while in an opposing robot's Gate Zone, Secret Tunnel, or Loading Zone
What is contacting the opposing robot?
(G424-G426 / Page 110-112)
800
This award recognizes teams who masterfully document their team’s process and robot
using their portfolio
What is the Think award?
(6.1 / Page 40)
800
You can change the speed, torque, and/or direction of a mechanism by using this
What is a gear?
800
In order for a team to compete, volunteers make sure their robot abides by the Robot Construction Rules during this process
What is Robot Inspection?
800
The older co-founder of FIRST who passed away in 2019
Who is Woodie Flowers?
1000
The Design, Control, and Innovate awards constitute this award category
What is Machine, Creativity, and Innovation (MCI)
(6.1 / Page 40)
1000
The Connect, Reach, and Sustain awards constitute this award category
What is Team Attributes (TA)?
(6.1 / Page 40)
1000
This abbreviated control system component is used to minimize error in feedback loops
What is a PID controller?
1000
The highest round a team will make it to in playoffs if they lose match 3, win two more and then lose
What is Round 4?
1000
It's what the community has named the push-bot that has appeared in almost every game reveal video
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