A system of drafting in which the drafter uses computer software to replace the instruments of board drafting
What is CAD
100
Methods of producing electricity without using fossil fuels; these are generally cleaner and more environmentally friendly
What are Alternative Energy Sources?
100
a programmable mechanical device that can perform tasks
What is a robot?
100
A simple machine that is a flat, sloped surface
What is an inclined plane?
100
The application of knowledge and the use of resources, to meet human needs/wants or to solve problems.
What is technology?
200
power obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind
What is Wind Power?
200
the specific component of the robot that includes the drivetrain, control system, and the manipulators
What is a subsystem?
200
A device that allows you to do work in a way that is more effective
What is a machine?
200
Technologies that have a physical presence; they can be touched
What is physical technology?
300
the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water
What is Hydroelectric Power?
300
the robotics subsystem that provides the ability to move around the field
What is a drivetrain?
300
This a simple machine that is made of two circular or cylindrical objects fastened together that rotate about a common axis. The object with the larger radius is called the wheel and the object with the smaller radius is called the axle
What is a wheel and axle?
300
Technologies used to send or receive information
What is information technology?
400
An editing tool that changes the size of an entity. Scale can be implemented by proportion/ratio or adjusted manually
What is a scale?
400
a form of renewable energy that taps into the heat emanating from the earth's core. It can be used for many energy uses.
What is Geothermal Power?
400
devices that collect input from the environment and provide information that the CPU can respond to
What are sensors?
400
A simple machine with a grooved wheel with a rope or cable wrapped around it.
What is a fixed pulley?
400
Technologies that relate to life sciences; technologies that relate to living organisms
What is biotechnology?
500
Units of measurement in a CAD system, which can be typically configured in metric or English
What is an unit?
500
electric or motive power generated by a nuclear reactor
What is nuclear power?
500
components that provide the robot with the ability to interact with its environment. One example would be a gripper
What are manipulators?
500
A rigid bar that is free to pivot or rotate on a fixed point known as a fulcrum. The fulcrum is always in the middle between the input force and the output force
What is a lever?
500
It involves the use of machines, robotics and science for diagnosis and management of operations, such as dialysis, chemotherapy and surgeries