Safety in Robotics!

By: Rohan Chatterjee

Outline of this Presentation

- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)- What to Anticipate- Tool Safety- Injuries- How to Mitigate and Prevent Dangers- How to Respond to Hazards- First Aid- Pit Safety- Travel

What Do you think…

Personal Protection Equipment is?

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

PPE is Equipment that helps you stay safe while buildingExamples are:- Safety Glasses- Rubber/Cloth Gloves (if necessary)- Closed-toe shoes- Hair Band (if hair is longer than Shoulders)- Jeans (not shorts or flammable material. Check

the Label)

What Do you think…

Some Dangers in the build site are?

What to Anticipate

• Sudden actions from the robot• Battery leakage• Sharp corners• Sparks• Sharp objects on the Ground• Circuit overloads• Fires • Heavy materials• Eye Injuries

Tool Safety – Do’s And Don’ts Do’s Don’ts

DO Have adult supervision with any power tool DON’T Fool around with tools or near them

DO Wear gloves when there are sparks DON’T Leave a machine running unattended

DO Wear a headband when hair is long DON’T Cut metal pieces with a wood blade

DO Wear glasses ALL THE TIME DON’T Leave the safety glasses on your forehead

DO Replace Dull Blades DON’T Wear baggy clothing

DO Know how to use the tool DON’T Use the drill at an angle

What you avoid when being safe

• Cuts• Bruises• Burn• Deep Cuts• Loss of digit• Broken parts of your body• Eye Injuries

What Do you think…

You can do to stop or mitigate dangers?

How to Mitigate and Prevent Dangers

• Wear PPE• Follow all the rules• Use caution when handling batteries• Listen to your instructors• Be Attentive• Know the tool

What Do you think…

You can do to respond to hazards?

How to Respond to Hazards

Depending on the type of hazard:- On Fire- Stop, drop, roll- Burn- wash with water IMMEADIATELY- Acid burn- wash with water IMMEADIATELY- Cut/ small injury- apply first aid ASAP- Huge Cut (stich-worthy)- Call 911, apply pressure- For any thing that is not small or you cannot fix,

CALL 911

First Aid

• Things getting into the eye- wash them thoroughly for 15-20 minutes

• Small cuts- bandages only until it stops bleeding

• Getting “bumped”- apply ice to the hit spot• Cut from a dirty thing- use alcohol swab then

use bandage

What Do you think…

Pit Safety is?

Clothing• Proper Clothing• Safety Glasses• Sneakers

Crowding?

No Crowding Because:

If Robot does this:

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What Do you think…

About Travel?

Stick Together

Stay With Team at all times-never leave groupTry to Stick with some friends, don’t be aloneNEVER wander off

If you get...

Don’t PanicTry to stay where you areCall a team member/mentor/captain/advisor

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