Introduction to Robotics/Robotics and BoeBots/Lecture/Teachers

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

Most students should be familar with SI prefixes. This handout will help the students to refresh on them.

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Date: 09 / 29 / 2026
SI Prefixes

1000n	10n	Prefix	Symbol	Value
10008	1024	yotta-	Y	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
10007	1021	zetta-	Z	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
10006	1018	exa-	E	1 000 000 000 000 000 000
10005	1015	peta-	P	1 000 000 000 000 000
10004	1012	tera-	T	1 000 000 000 000
10003	109	giga-	G	1 000 000 000
10002	106	mega-	M	1 000 000
10001	103	kilo-	k	1 000
10002/3	102	hecto-	h	100
10001/3	101	deca-	da	10
10000	100	(none)	(none)	1
1000−1/3	10−1	deci-	d	0.1
1000−2/3	10−2	centi-	c	0.01
1000−1	10−3	milli-	m	0.001
1000−2	10−6	micro-	µ	0.000 001
1000−3	10−9	nano-	n	0.000 000 001
1000−4	10−12	pico-	p	0.000 000 000 001
1000−5	10−15	femto-	f	0.000 000 000 000 001
1000−6	10−18	atto-	a	0.000 000 000 000 000 001
1000−7	10−21	zepto-	z	0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001
1000−8	10−24	yocto-	y	0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001

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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