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== SI Units ==
== SI Units ==


Most students should be familar with SI prefixes. This handout will help the students to refresh on them.
This can be displayed to the students to try and refamiliarize themselves with some of the units. Students should be familar with the first 3 already, although many of them will not be familiar with Amps or Volts. We will discuss both in a later lecture. Students should have a handout with the various prefixes on it.
 
{{Introduction to Robotics/Page top|title=SI Prefixes}}
{|
|-
! 1000<sup>n</sup>
! 10<sup>n</sup>
! Prefix
! Symbol
! Value
|-
| 1000<sup>8</sup>
| 10<sup>24</sup>
| yotta-
|  Y
|  1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
|-
| 1000<sup>7</sup>
| 10<sup>21</sup>
| zetta-
|  Z
|  1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
|-
| 1000<sup>6</sup>
| 10<sup>18</sup>
| exa-
|  E
|  1 000 000 000 000 000 000
|-
| 1000<sup>5</sup>
| 10<sup>15</sup>
| peta-
|  P
|  1 000 000 000 000 000
|-
| 1000<sup>4</sup>
| 10<sup>12</sup>
| tera-
|  T
|  1 000 000 000 000
|-
| 1000<sup>3</sup>
| 10<sup>9</sup>
| giga-
|  G
|  1 000 000 000
|-
| 1000<sup>2</sup>
| 10<sup>6</sup>
| mega-
|  M
|  1 000 000
|-
| 1000<sup>1</sup>
| 10<sup>3</sup>
| kilo-
|  k<!-- (K)-->
|  1 000
|-
| 1000<sup>2/3</sup>
| 10<sup>2</sup>
| hecto-
|  h<!-- (H)-->
|  100
|-
| 1000<sup>1/3</sup>
| 10<sup>1</sup>
| deca-
|  da<!-- (D)-->
|  10
|-
| 1000<sup>0</sup>
| 10<sup>0</sup>
| ''<font color="gray">(none)</font>''
| ''<font color="gray">(none)</font>''
|  1
|-
| 1000<sup>−1/3</sup>
| 10<sup>−1</sup>
| deci-
|  d
|  0.1
|-
| 1000<sup>−2/3</sup>
| 10<sup>−2</sup>
| centi-
|  c
|  0.01
|-
| 1000<sup>−1</sup>
| 10<sup>−3</sup>
| milli-
|  m
|  0.001
|-
| 1000<sup>−2</sup>
| 10<sup>−6</sup>
| micro-
|  µ
|  0.000 001
|-
| 1000<sup>−3</sup>
| 10<sup>−9</sup>
| nano-
|  n
|  0.000 000 001
|-
| 1000<sup>−4</sup>
| 10<sup>−12</sup>
| pico-
|  p
|  0.000 000 000 001
|-
| 1000<sup>−5</sup>
| 10<sup>−15</sup>
| femto-
|  f
|  0.000 000 000 000 001
|-
| 1000<sup>−6</sup>
| 10<sup>−18</sup>
| atto-
|  a
|  0.000 000 000 000 000 001
|-
| 1000<sup>−7</sup>
| 10<sup>−21</sup>
| zepto-
|  z
|  0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001
|-
| 1000<sup>−8</sup>
| 10<sup>−24</sup>
| yocto-
|  y
|  0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
|}
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This can be displayed to the students to try and refamiliarize themselves with some of the units. Students should be familar with the first 3 already, although many of them will not be familiar with Amps or Volts. We will discuss both in a later lecture.


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Introduction to Robotics
Robotics and BoeBots: Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers) —

Lab (For Students) (For Teachers) — Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers) — Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)


The "Name Game"

It is common for a teacher to go around the room and ask each student to say his or her name. Since this is the first class of the course, we may ask the students to say their names, but also to name an example of a real-world use for robotics. Students should give specific examples of actual robots, not vague examples. For instance a student should say "The Mars Rover" instead of "A robot that drives a car".

As an additional exercise, have the student say their name, an example of a robot, and then repeat the name and example from the previous 5 students.

Introduction to the Course

If you have a syllabus, you should give one copy to each student. You should tell in advance when all the quizzes and tests will be, and how the final grade for the course will be computed. You may choose to use the example Syllabus.

SI Units

This can be displayed to the students to try and refamiliarize themselves with some of the units. Students should be familar with the first 3 already, although many of them will not be familiar with Amps or Volts. We will discuss both in a later lecture. Students should have a handout with the various prefixes on it.

Robots