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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!)
 
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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==B==
 
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===backlash===
 
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Backlash refers to the angular differential within a gearbox or drive-train during which the driven axle is un-powered when the drive axle changes drive direction.  Backlash is the result of normal tolerances and clearances between meshing gear teeth and slack within drive chain and belt elements.
 
  
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===bearing race===
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==Engineering Terms==
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The inner and outer rings of the bearings that contain and transmit the load through the balls/rollers.
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===B===
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlash_(engineering) Backlash]
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:The angular differential within a gearbox or drive-train during which the driven axle is un-powered when the drive axle changes drive direction.  Backlash is the result of normal tolerances and clearances between meshing gear teeth and slack within drive chain and belt elements.
  
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===BOM===
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle_bearing Bearing, Needle]
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Bill of Materials, usually generated from CAD. Required for FIRST inspections. Also used to calculate robot weight and resources, and because it's surprisingly helpful to know what's on a robot after it ships.
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:Bearing that uses thin cylindrical rollers, which makes them more compact and requiring less clearance than ball bearings
  
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==C==
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearing_race Bearing Race]
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=== CIM ===
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:The inner and outer rings of the bearings that contain and transmit the load through the balls/rollers.
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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
 
  
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=== Clippard ===
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_bearing Bearing, Thrust]
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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.  
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:Rotary bearing designed to support high axial (i.e. along axis of rotation) loads while allowing rotation between parts.
  
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== D ==
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_bill_of_materials Bill of Materials (BOM)]
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===DEWBOT===
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:Required for FIRST inspections; usually generated from CAD. Also used to calculate robot weight and resources, and because it's surprisingly helpful to know what's on a robot after it ships.
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Downingtown East-West Robot (formerly spelled DEWBot), denoting the two campuses of Downingtown High School where our program started. This term primarily refers to the FRC Team 1640's robots, though it can also refer to the program as a whole (despite its inclusion of more schools). Also appears as DEW Robotics.
 
  
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=== dressing ===
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===C===
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Putting cables and or pneumatic 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.  
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;[http://www.andymark.com/CIM-motor-FIRST-p/am-0255.htm CIM Motor]
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:The most high-powered motors allowed in FIRST, currently available only in 2.5" diameter. Provided in the [[Glossary#K|Kit of Parts]], stands for the company that makes them: CCL Industrial Motor Limited.
  
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== E ==
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;Clippard
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=== easy peasy ===
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:Stainless Steel cylinders that are mounted on the robot to hold quantities of compressed air (made by Clippard Company). Once the only tanks allowed; rules have now expanded but the names has lingered.  
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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".
 
  
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==H==
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===D===
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===hope===
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;Dressing
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Hope, a common girls name, also a term used for wishful thinking.  Normally when the word ''hope'' is uttered, roboteers reply ''Hope is not an _______ strategy'' where the blank is filled in with Engineering, Programming, Project or Design.
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:Putting cables and or pneumatic 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.  
  
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== K ==
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===L===
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=== KOP ===
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;Lubricous
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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 initial Kit of Parts has everything needed to build a rudimentary robot.  
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:Having an oily smoothness; used to plastics that make for "slippery" bearing surfaces (particularly HDPE or Teflon).
  
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== L ==
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===S===
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=== lubricous ===  
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schedule_40 Schedule 40]
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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.
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:Schedule specifies the wall thickness of pipe as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).  Schedule 40 pipe is the "normal" thickness suitable for inexpensive materials (usually PVC but also steel), often used in FRC prototyping. Use a [http://www.engineersedge.com/pipe_schedules.htm pipe schedule table] to find the wall thickness based on schedule and diameter.
  
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== N ==
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;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man_proposal Straw Man (Proposal)]
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=== needle bearing ===
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:Simple proposal intended to generate discussion of its disadvantages and to provoke. Often prepared by 1-2 people prior to a larger meeting in order to provoke quicker generation of new and better proposals.
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Bearing that uses thin cylindrical rollers, thereby making them more compact with less added clearance than ball bearings
 
  
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== O ==
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==FIRST Terms==
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=== oblongater ===
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===D===
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A tool to take round holes and make them oblong in shape. This is done to allow bolts to fit through parts. Most teams don't have this tool, they take the approach of drilling holes in the right place. We find that the use of the oblongater gives us the ability to adjust parts in many directions.
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;[http://www.team341.com/ Daisy, Miss]
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We primarily use a dremel to oblongate. My son turned me on to a great power oblongater. Take a round chain saw file and put it in a Sawzall. Now you can do some serious oblongation.
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:FRC Team 341, our good friends and perennial (successful!) alliance partners. Hall of Fame team who builds and preforms with excellent robots year after year. Derived from "driving Miss Daisy".
  
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== R ==
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===G===
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=== roboteer ===
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;[http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/gracious-professionalism Gracious Professionalism]
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roboteers are our robotics students, but that takes too long to say, so we are roboteers!
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:FIRST defines this term, coined by Dr. Woodie Flowers (FIRST National Advisor Professor Emeritus at MIT) as "a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community". It's "part of the ethos of FIRST...and part of pursuing a meaningful light...[where] fierce competition and mutual gain are not separate notions. Gracious professionals learn and compete like crazy, but treat one another with respect and kindness in the process. They avoid treating anyone like losers. No chest thumping tough talk, but no sticky-sweet platitudes either. Knowledge, competition, and empathy are comfortably blended."
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=== Rolling Thunder ===
 
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A powerhouse robotics team from Penfield New York. We have some inside ties to them so we pick their brains when ever possible [[http://www.penfieldrobotics.com Rolling Thunder]]
 
  
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== S ==
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===K===
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=== Schedule 40 ===  
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;[http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/2012-frc-kit-of-parts Kit of Parts (KOP)]
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Schedule specifies the wall thickness of pipe as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).  Schedule 40 pipe has ''normal'' wall thickness.  Schedule 40 is also the thinnest-wall pipe generally available for inexpensive materials like steel and PVC (Schedules 5, 10 and 20 are available for austenitic stainless steels and more exotic materials).  Schedules 80 and higher pipes are also available (heavy wall).  To know the actual wall thickness of a pipe, you need to know both the nominal diameter and the Schedule number.  You also need a [http://www.engineersedge.com/pipe_schedules.htm pipe schedule table].  The internal diameter of Schedule 40 pipe is in most cases approximately (and occasionally exactly) the nominal diameter. Tubing, by the way, is specified in a completely different (and sensible) way.
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:Kit that FIRST gives every team at the beginning of each season. Includes a set of parts to build a basic robot as well as other industry donations, including product and software vouchers. Varies by year and whether the team is a rookie or veteran; sometimes abbreviated KoP.  
  
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Schedule 40 PVC pipe is a rigid plastic pipe that comes in a variety 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.
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===M===
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;[http://moe365.org/ MOE]
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:FRC Team 365, our good friends and repeat successful alliance partners. Hall of Fame team who builds and preforms amazingly each year. Stands for the Miracle Workerz.
  
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=== Straw-man Proposal ===
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===R===
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A "straw-man proposal" is a simple proposal intended to generate discussion of its disadvantages and to provoke the generation of new and better proposals. Often, a straw-man document will be prepared by one or two people prior to kicking off a larger project. In this way, the team can jump start their discussions with a document that is likely to contain many, but not all the key aspects to be discussed.
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;[http://www.penfieldrobotics.com Rolling Thunder]
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:A powerhouse robotics team from Penfield New York. We have some inside ties to them so we pick their brains when ever possible
  
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== T ==
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==Team Terms==
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=== thrust bearing ===
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===D===
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Rotary bearing designed to support high axial (i.e. along axis of rotation) loads while allowing rotation between parts.
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;DEWBOT
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:Primarily refers numerically to FRC Team 1640's robots. Stands for Downingtown-Exton-West Chester Robot, though it originally meant formerly Downingtown East-West Robot (and was once spelled DEWBot). It could also once refer to the program as a whole, as in "DEW Robotics"; though the current term is "DAR" for Downingtown Area Robotics.
  
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== V ==
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;[[About Downingtown Area Robotics|Downingtown Area Robotics (DAR)]]
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=== Velcro ===
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:Our overall organization, including [[FRC Team 1640]], our [[Downingtown Area Robotics FIRST LEGO League|FIRST LEGO League club]] and Vexmen (our VEX Robotics club).
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Since the dawn of the space age, Velcro, that ''hooky-loopy'' stuff has been part of the builders toolkit.  We use four kinds of Velcro, standard, wide, super-sticky and the nylon-ball style.  Standard velcro is used for lightweight parts and it's sister ''wide'' can be found on robots, the giant screwdriver, etc. holding parts on.  The super-sticky version has an adhesive back that can only be removed with acetone and much care.  The nylon ball version is designed to keep heavy objects together.  Small nylon balls interlock giving a much firmer grip.  No, they don't make a ''super-sticky-nylon-ball'' version.  If you need that, just bolt the two parts together.
 
  
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== W ==
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===E===
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== wiki ==
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;Easy Peasy (slang)
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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 growing and improves the quality of the site.  Over 45 people have made changes to the site.  
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: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".
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===H===
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;Hope
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:A term used for wishful thinking.  Normally when the word ''hope'' is uttered, roboteers reply ''Hope is not an _______ strategy'' where the blank is filled in with Engineering, Programming, Project or Design. 
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===O===
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;Oblongater (slang)
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:A tool that facilitates bolt insertion by making holes oblong. Often resembles a dremel, but can be a round chain saw file and put it in a Sawzall.
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===R===
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;Roboteer
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:Our robotics students; only shorter.
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===S===
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;Sab-BOT-age
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:Our team nick name, derived from the fortuitous combination of our founding mentor, Paul Sabatino, and the the thing on Earth: robots! We know it's not the most [[#Gracious Professionalism|Graciously Professional]] name out there, but we mean well. Though Mr. Sabatino had to leave us in 2008 due to health reasons, we still stand by our name and honor his amazing dedication to the team.
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===W===
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;Wiki
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:A wiki is a kind of website that allows and encourages users to add and change material on the website, keeping in growing and improving.  All mentors and roboteers can change any page.
 
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[[Category:Organization]]
 
[[Category:Organization]]

Latest revision as of 01:35, 25 November 2012

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!)

Engineering Terms

B

Backlash
The angular differential within a gearbox or drive-train during which the driven axle is un-powered when the drive axle changes drive direction. Backlash is the result of normal tolerances and clearances between meshing gear teeth and slack within drive chain and belt elements.
Bearing, Needle
Bearing that uses thin cylindrical rollers, which makes them more compact and requiring less clearance than ball bearings
Bearing Race
The inner and outer rings of the bearings that contain and transmit the load through the balls/rollers.
Bearing, Thrust
Rotary bearing designed to support high axial (i.e. along axis of rotation) loads while allowing rotation between parts.
Bill of Materials (BOM)
Required for FIRST inspections; usually generated from CAD. Also used to calculate robot weight and resources, and because it's surprisingly helpful to know what's on a robot after it ships.

C

CIM Motor
The most high-powered motors allowed in FIRST, currently available only in 2.5" diameter. Provided in the Kit of Parts, stands for the company that makes them: CCL Industrial Motor Limited.
Clippard
Stainless Steel cylinders that are mounted on the robot to hold quantities of compressed air (made by Clippard Company). Once the only tanks allowed; rules have now expanded but the names has lingered.

D

Dressing
Putting cables and or pneumatic 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.

L

Lubricous
Having an oily smoothness; used to plastics that make for "slippery" bearing surfaces (particularly HDPE or Teflon).

S

Schedule 40
Schedule specifies the wall thickness of pipe as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Schedule 40 pipe is the "normal" thickness suitable for inexpensive materials (usually PVC but also steel), often used in FRC prototyping. Use a pipe schedule table to find the wall thickness based on schedule and diameter.
Straw Man (Proposal)
Simple proposal intended to generate discussion of its disadvantages and to provoke. Often prepared by 1-2 people prior to a larger meeting in order to provoke quicker generation of new and better proposals.

FIRST Terms

D

Daisy, Miss
FRC Team 341, our good friends and perennial (successful!) alliance partners. Hall of Fame team who builds and preforms with excellent robots year after year. Derived from "driving Miss Daisy".

G

Gracious Professionalism
FIRST defines this term, coined by Dr. Woodie Flowers (FIRST National Advisor Professor Emeritus at MIT) as "a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community". It's "part of the ethos of FIRST...and part of pursuing a meaningful light...[where] fierce competition and mutual gain are not separate notions. Gracious professionals learn and compete like crazy, but treat one another with respect and kindness in the process. They avoid treating anyone like losers. No chest thumping tough talk, but no sticky-sweet platitudes either. Knowledge, competition, and empathy are comfortably blended."

K

Kit of Parts (KOP)
Kit that FIRST gives every team at the beginning of each season. Includes a set of parts to build a basic robot as well as other industry donations, including product and software vouchers. Varies by year and whether the team is a rookie or veteran; sometimes abbreviated KoP.

M

MOE
FRC Team 365, our good friends and repeat successful alliance partners. Hall of Fame team who builds and preforms amazingly each year. Stands for the Miracle Workerz.

R

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

Team Terms

D

DEWBOT
Primarily refers numerically to FRC Team 1640's robots. Stands for Downingtown-Exton-West Chester Robot, though it originally meant formerly Downingtown East-West Robot (and was once spelled DEWBot). It could also once refer to the program as a whole, as in "DEW Robotics"; though the current term is "DAR" for Downingtown Area Robotics.
Downingtown Area Robotics (DAR)
Our overall organization, including FRC Team 1640, our FIRST LEGO League club and Vexmen (our VEX Robotics club).

E

Easy Peasy (slang)
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".

H

Hope
A term used for wishful thinking. Normally when the word hope is uttered, roboteers reply Hope is not an _______ strategy where the blank is filled in with Engineering, Programming, Project or Design.

O

Oblongater (slang)
A tool that facilitates bolt insertion by making holes oblong. Often resembles a dremel, but can be a round chain saw file and put it in a Sawzall.

R

Roboteer
Our robotics students; only shorter.

S

Sab-BOT-age
Our team nick name, derived from the fortuitous combination of our founding mentor, Paul Sabatino, and the the thing on Earth: robots! We know it's not the most Graciously Professional name out there, but we mean well. Though Mr. Sabatino had to leave us in 2008 due to health reasons, we still stand by our name and honor his amazing dedication to the team.

W

Wiki
A wiki is a kind of website that allows and encourages users to add and change material on the website, keeping in growing and improving. All mentors and roboteers can change any page.
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