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These are the Stainless Steel cylinders that are mounted on the robot to hold quantities of compressed air. They are made by the Clippard Company, hence the name. | These are the Stainless Steel cylinders that are mounted on the robot to hold quantities of compressed air. They are made by the Clippard Company, hence the name. | ||
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Revision as of 12:26, 21 February 2010
We are engineers and robot builders. A lot of the time we use jargon and sometimes we use a big word that means exactly one thing. This is a quick glossary to words and terms that may not be a part of everyday life. (Well unless you are some big shot full time robotics engineer, then you use these words all the time!)
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C
CIM
CCL Industrial Motor Limited - the company that makes the high powered motors for our robot. Their motors are called CIMs. At one point FIRST gave out two different sized CIM motors and they are referred to has Big CIM and Little CIM. Only the little CIMs are part of the Glossary#KOP KOP so we now just call them CIMs
Clippard
These are the Stainless Steel cylinders that are mounted on the robot to hold quantities of compressed air. They are made by the Clippard Company, hence the name.
D
dressing
Putting cables and or pnumatic tubing in nice neat bundles and tie wrapping them. This keeps them out of the gears, wheels, etc. It also makes the robot look neater and it's easier to trace connections.
E
easy peasy
An English (UK) expression meaning very easy (short for easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy and sometimes said as easy peasy puddin'n'pie!) Except that Team 1640 uses it backwards. When someone says "That's easy peasy" they are really saying "That's a lot of work, but I'll do it".
K
KOP
Kit of Parts (sometimes written KoP). At the beginning of the season FIRST gives every team a starting set of parts with a frame, wheels, motors, gear boxes, etc. This inital Kit of Parts has everything needed to build a rudimentary robot.
L
lubricous
Means having an oily smoothness. We use this word to refer to plastics that we use for bearing surfaces that have a slippery feel. Plastics like HDPE or Teflon are used on our robots on a regular basis.
R
roboteer
roboteers are our robotics students, but that takes too long to say, so we are roboteers!
Rolling Thunder
A powerhouse robotics team from Penfield New York. We have some inside ties to them so we pick their brains when ever possible [Rolling Thunder]
S
Schedule 40
Schedule 40 PVC pipe is a rigid plastic pipe that comes in a variey of sizes. You most likely have some in your house, it's the white drainpipe. We use it for building mockups and temporary field components.
W
wiki
A wiki is a kind of website that allows and encourages users to add and change material on the website. All of the mentors and roboteers can make changes to any page they need to. This keeps content grouing and inproves the quality of the site. Over 45 people have made changes to the site.
