Robots are machines that can sense their environment and perform tasks automatically. This document provides an introduction and overview of basic robotics concepts including circuits, schematics, and circuit components like batteries, switches, motors, and lights. It explains common schematic symbols and has the reader sketch and build a simple circuit including a battery, motor, switch, and light to demonstrate a basic understanding of circuits and robotics.

1. Introduction to Robotics
What are Robots

2. Review
•What is a circuit?
•What is ohms law?

3. Overview
•What is a schematic
•Schematic Symbols

4. Circuit
A loop where
electrons
flow

5. Definitions
Schematic = An electrical diagram

6. Battery
If you have more
lines, its more
battery cells
Power source,
normally voltage is
label

7. Press Switch
Basic press
switch, when
pressed its on,
when let go its off

8. Slide Switch
Turn off stays off
Turns on stays on

9. Motor
M for motor,
and within a
circle

10. Lamp
X or something
looks like a bulb
symbolizing a
light

11. LED or Diode
Triangle, telling
you direction, if
arrows pointing
out, then it’s a
special light

12. Simple
schematic
What is this
schematic
showing?

13. Sketch then
build a
circuit
including:
1 Battery
1 motor
1 Switch
1 light