> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.idew.org/code-robotics/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.idew.org/code-robotics/tutorials/meet-your-robot.md).
# A. Meet Your Robot
In this first tutorial, you'll become familiar with your team's robotics kit. Your team might receive a new robotics kit that needs to be assembled – or you might receive an existing robot that is ready to use.
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**NEW ROBOT:** If you need to assemble a new SparkFun RedBot kit, follow the instructions in the [SparkFun Assembly Guide for RedBot](https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/assembly-guide-for-redbot-with-shadow-chassis). If your teacher added an ultrasonic sensor to your kit, follow these [instructions to connect the ultrasonic sensor](/code-robotics/references/physical-inputs/ultrasonic-sensor.md) to your assembled robot.
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**IMPORTANT:** Once a SparkFun RedBot has been assembled, it should **remain** assembled (even after the project is completed). RedBot assembly is a **one-time** process.
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## Tutorial Goals
The goals of this tutorial are to help you:
* Understand the parts of your robot and their purposes
* Identify the physical inputs and outputs that your robot can use to sense and act
## RedBot Kit
This guidebook is tailored for a two-wheeled robotics kit called the [SparkFun Inventor's Kit for RedBot](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13320), which will simply be referred to as the RedBot kit.
[SparkFun](https://www.sparkfun.com/) is a company that sells products to help people build and program electronics devices. SparkFun created its RedBot kit by incorporating an Arduino-based microcontroller into an easy-to-use circuit board and packaged it with a set of motors, wheels, sensors, and other parts to help you learn how to program a wheeled robot. It is also possible to purchase additional parts (sensors, servo motors, etc.) that can be used with this RedBot kit.
Once assembled, your RedBot should look like this:
A simple (but important) step is to understand the orientation of the RedBot — specifically, which end is the front of the robot? An easy way to remember: most of the sensors are attached at the front end, while the circuit board is located at the back end.
If you have an [ultrasonic sensor](/code-robotics/references/physical-inputs/ultrasonic-sensor.md), it should be mounted at the front of the robot on top of the chassis (above the mechanical bumpers and IR line sensors). The ultrasonic sensor should face forward, like a pair of "eyes" (though an ultrasonic sensor actually uses high-frequency sound waves to "see").
