A gripper, usually with fingers, used to grasp something for the robot.
What is a claw?
100
A device that detects or measures a physical property and records, indicates, or otherwise responds to it.
What is a sensor?
100
A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.
What is a robot?
100
Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
What is ethics?
200
A requirement for the controller to do work.
What is programming?
200
A machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for some other device with moving parts
What is a motor?
200
Stephen Covey
What is the author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?"
200
Inclined Plane
Screw
Pulley
Wheel and Axle
Wedge
Lever
What are the simple machines?
300
The two types of LEGO Mindstorms Bricks we use at PHS.
What are NXT and EV3?
300
A rod or spindle (either fixed or rotating) passing through the center of a wheel or group of wheels.
What is an axle?
300
A program used to create scale drawings of a robot/project
What is CAD?
300
Be Proactive
Begin with the End in Mind
Put First Things First
Think Win-Win
Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Synergize
Sharpen the Saw
What are the 7 habits?
400
Also known as the "brains" of the robot.
What is the controller?
400
A circular wheel with teeth.
What is a gear?
400
Strong in mathematics and science
Highly analytical and detail oriented
Imaginative and creative
Good communication skills
Enjoy working in teams
Enjoy building or improving the way things work
What are characteristics to being an engineer?
400
Define the Problem.
Do Background Research.
Specify Requirements.
Brainstorm Solutions.
Choose the Best Solution.
Do Development Work.
Build a Prototype.
Test and Redesign
What are the steps of the engineering algorithm?
500
Item used to connect and send signals from the robot to the sensor (not bluetooth).
What is a connector cable?
500
Spins along an axel.
What is a wheel?
500
Job that deals with designing and building robotic systems and robotics while programming the robots to accomplish the tasks needed.
What is a robotics engineer?
500
A requirement to have at least bachelor's degrees for entry-level jobs in the field, typically in mechanical engineering or related engineering specialties.
What are the degrees required to be a robotics engineer?