Robotics Worksheet: Line Follower Light Sensors
Robot tip (Below the threshold is black): Reading below the threshold → black; above → white. Threshold = (black reading + white reading) ÷ 2. Two sensors: the one that reads black is over the line; both white → the line is between them.
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- 1.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 24. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 2.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 40 and the right sensor reads 65. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) both sensors (c) the left sensor (d) the right sensor
- 3.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 80 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 4.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 70 and the right sensor reads 15. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) the right sensor (c) the left sensor (d) both sensors
- 5.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 44. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 6.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 40. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 7.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 47. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 8.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 39. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 9.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 25. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 10.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 42. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 11.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 32. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 12.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 38. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 13.🔦 A light sensor reads 10 over black and 60 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 14.⬛ Why does a light sensor read a LOW number over a black line? (a) black is hot (b) black is wet (c) black is loud (d) black soaks up light
- 15.⬛ A reading below the threshold means the sensor is over … (a) white (b) black (c) water (d) the sky
- 16.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 60 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 17.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 48. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 18.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 66. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 19.🔦 A light sensor reads 40 over black and 60 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 20.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 33. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 21.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 22. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 22.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 45. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 23.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 90 and the right sensor reads 10. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) both sensors (b) neither sensor (c) the right sensor (d) the left sensor
- 24.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 90 and the right sensor reads 90. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) both sensors (b) neither sensor (c) the right sensor (d) the left sensor
- 25.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 10 and the right sensor reads 95. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) both sensors (b) neither sensor (c) the left sensor (d) the right sensor
- 26.⬛ In a two-sensor line follower, both sensors see white. Where is the line? (a) between the two sensors (b) under the left sensor (c) under the right sensor (d) far behind it
- 27.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 20 and the right sensor reads 25. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) both sensors (c) the left sensor (d) the right sensor
- 28.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 75 and the right sensor reads 85. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) both sensors (b) neither sensor (c) the right sensor (d) the left sensor
- 29.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 12. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 30.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 67. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 31.🔦 A light sensor reads 10 over black and 90 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 32.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 60 and the right sensor reads 20. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the right sensor (b) both sensors (c) neither sensor (d) the left sensor
- 33.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 54. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 34.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 18. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 35.🔦 A light sensor reads 10 over black and 80 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 36.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 70. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 37.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 64. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 38.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 20 and the right sensor reads 90. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) the right sensor (c) both sensors (d) the left sensor
- 39.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 53. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 40.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 80 and the right sensor reads 90. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) the left sensor (c) the right sensor (d) both sensors
Answer key
- the black line
- the left sensor
- 55
- the right sensor
- the white floor
- the white floor
- the black line
- the white floor
- the black line
- the black line
- the black line
- the white floor
- 35
- black soaks up light
- black
- 45
- the white floor
- the white floor
- 50
- the white floor
- the black line
- the black line
- the right sensor
- neither sensor
- the left sensor
- between the two sensors
- both sensors
- neither sensor
- the black line
- the white floor
- 50
- the right sensor
- the white floor
- the black line
- 45
- the white floor
- the white floor
- the left sensor
- the white floor
- neither sensor
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