vex robot vocabulary

​ (a)   an active manipulator that is a mechanism that can gather, pull in, push out, or otherwise retrieve objects

• Intake
• algorithm
• sequence

​ (a)   a mechanism designed to manipulate an object in order to complete a specific task

• Manipulator
• active manipulator
• passive manipulator

​ (a)   a precise set of instructions that a robot will carry out in order to solve a problem or complete a challenge. The basic elements of an algorithm are sequence, selection, and loops. 

• Algorithm
• autonomous
• Autonomous
• Loop

- A sensor that can detect the brightness and color of objects, and identify if an object is near or far away.

The order in which blocks are executed, one after another.

how fast an object is moving in a straight line.

a repeating set of robot behaviors

• sequence

• turn velocity

• path planning

• loop

Boolean condition - a condition that reports a value of ​ (a)   or ​ (b)  

• TRUE
• FALSE

Boolean reporter blocks are hexagonally shaped

• TRUE

• FALSE

__ - the process of decomposing a project into the smallest possible behaviors that you can then attach code to.