Robot Components

Start with a map

The Robot Components page brings together resources made by GoConqr users. Start with the mind map “Robots” for an overview of controllers, sensors and related components. Its controller branch includes digital and analogue inputs and outputs, communications and types of memory.

For a broader view, the flowchart “Conceptual map” introduces robotics and describes robots. The mind map on immersion in robotics also includes robotics concepts and technological evolution. These resources can give you context before you focus on individual parts.

Explore the components

The component mind maps group material around sensors, controller boards and actuators. Their branches include infrared and ultrasonic sensors, temperature and humidity sensors, accelerometers and light sensors. Another map lists a control board, LEDs, DC motors and servomotors.

Choose a branch and follow it through the map. You can compare the terms you find with those in “Robots” or another component map. The maps do not all list the same items, so looking at more than one can help you explore the range of material on the page.

Practice identifying parts

After exploring a map, try “Robotics Part Identification Test”. It asks you to name parts. You can then use the maps again to look over the component terms you have encountered.

“FTC Kit of Parts Quiz” offers another set of part-identification questions. Its prompts include a motor mount, a bushing set, a motor and channels. Use the quiz and maps together: work through a quiz, return to a relevant branch, then try the questions again.

Place the topic in its unit

Robot Components is a section of the Robotics unit in Engineering and technology (general or other). The broader robotics maps and flowchart provide a way to move between the unit and its component-focused section. Pick a resource and start exploring.