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Assignment: Safety

This assignment asks you to think about safety considerations with robotics. For some of these questions, there is no one correct answer, but our grading rubric will keep that in mind.

Problem 1 (50 points)

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Read the OSHA Technical Manual on Industrial Robots and Robot System Safety.

Perform a hazard analysis for the drone, based on the OSHA guidelines. Make sure you answer each of the following subquestions in a few sentences each.

  1. What tasks will the robot be programmed to perform?

  2. What are the startup, command, or programming procedures?

  3. What environmental conditions are relevant?

  4. What are location/installation requirements to fly the drone?

  5. What are possible human errors?

  6. What maintenance is necessary?

  7. What are possible robot and system malfunctions?

  8. What is the normal mode of operation?

Problem 2 (10 points)

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Read the FAA page on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. We will be flying in accordance with the FAA Special Rule for Model Aircraft.

  1. Do you need to register your drone?

  2. When do you need to report an accident to the FAA?

Problem 3 (10 points)

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Answer the following questions about flying at home over Thanksgiving break.

  1. What are the risks?

  2. What should you do to plan?

  3. What safety precautions should you take before you fly?

Problem 4 (10 points)

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Answer the following questions about flying in the CIT lobby.

  1. What are the risks?

  2. What should you do to plan?

  3. What safety precautions should you take before you fly?

Problem 5 (20 points)

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Read the NTSB accident report about the Midair Collision Over Hudson River, that we discussed in class. Click the Related Report link to download the 54-page PDF. Answer the follwing questions.

  1. What can you learn from this incident about safe flying?

  2. What additional precautions does it suggest for safely operating your drone?

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Assignment: Safety

This assignment asks you to think about safety considerations with robotics. For some of these questions, there is no one correct answer, but our grading rubric will keep that in mind.

Problem 1 (50 points)

Write your answers in answers.txt

Read the OSHA Technical Manual on Industrial Robots and Robot System Safety.

Perform a hazard analysis for the drone, based on the OSHA guidelines. Make sure you answer each of the following subquestions in a few sentences each.

  1. What tasks will the robot be programmed to perform?

  2. What are the startup, command, or programming procedures?

  3. What environmental conditions are relevant?

  4. What are location/installation requirements to fly the drone?

  5. What are possible human errors?

  6. What maintenance is necessary?

  7. What are possible robot and system malfunctions?

  8. What is the normal mode of operation?

Problem 2 (10 points)

Write your answers in answers.txt.

Read the FAA page on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. We will be flying in accordance with the FAA Special Rule for Model Aircraft.

  1. Do you need to register your drone?

  2. When do you need to report an accident to the FAA?

Problem 3 (10 points)

Write your answers in answers.txt.

Answer the following questions about flying at home over Thanksgiving break.

  1. What are the risks?

  2. What should you do to plan?

  3. What safety precautions should you take before you fly?

Problem 4 (10 points)

Write your answers in answers.txt.

Answer the following questions about flying in the CIT lobby.

  1. What are the risks?

  2. What should you do to plan?

  3. What safety precautions should you take before you fly?

Problem 5 (20 points)

Write your answers in answers.txt.

Read the NTSB accident report about the Midair Collision Over Hudson River, that we discussed in class. Click the Related Report link to download the 54-page PDF. Answer the follwing questions.

  1. What can you learn from this incident about safe flying?

  2. What additional precautions does it suggest for safely operating your drone?

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