Robotics Components & Safety

How can you avoid accidents and injuries that are a result of taking shortcuts and working with too much haste?

• make sure to do your work as quickly as possible
• wait to clean up spills until you have the correct equipment
• general safety awareness

What type of part is this? 

• vex
• battery 
• motor
• cortex

What type of part is this? 

• spacer
• shaft collar 
• base plate
• screw

What type of part is this? 

• axle 
• spacer
• support bearing 
• 3-hole-thing

What type of part is this? 

• screw
• nut
• spacer
• shaft collar

What type of part is this? 

• Shaft Collars
• The most in demand pieces in class
• nut
• screw

What type of part is this? 

• Cortex
• Computer
• Robot
• Motor

What type of robotic parts do we use in class? 

• robotB
• vex
• Legos
• Snap

When the iRobot's vacuum cleaner senses the battery is low, it automatically finds its _______________ and recharges itself.

• robotic arm

• charging station

• room

• cart

Safety - Keep fingers, tools, and hair away from gears and wheels when the robot power is ______

• ON
• OFF
• connected
• wired