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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….
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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 building Examples 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
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
No Crowding Because: If Robot does this: ...
What Do you think… About Travel?
Stick Together Stay With Team at all times-never leave group Try to Stick with some friends, don’t be alone NEVER wander off
iPhone 7 Don’t Panic Try to stay where you are Call a team member/mentor/captain/advisor
THANKS FOR WATCHING! Remember: Safety And: Stay