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 robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 80 and the right sensor reads 40. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) the right sensor (c) the left sensor (d) both sensors
- 2.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 70 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 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 35 and the right sensor reads 80. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the left sensor (b) both sensors (c) neither sensor (d) the right sensor
- 5.⬛ The threshold of a light sensor is … (a) the black/white cut-off (b) the battery size (c) the wheel size (d) the top speed
- 6.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 70 and the right sensor reads 35. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) both sensors (c) the left sensor (d) the right sensor
- 7.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 5. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 8.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 23. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 9.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 60 and the right sensor reads 30. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the left sensor (b) the right sensor (c) both sensors (d) neither sensor
- 10.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 35 and the right sensor reads 15. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the right sensor (b) the left sensor (c) neither sensor (d) both sensors
- 11.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 35 and the right sensor reads 90. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) both sensors (b) the right sensor (c) the left sensor (d) neither sensor
- 12.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 55. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 13.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 75 and the right sensor reads 90. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the right sensor (b) the left sensor (c) both sensors (d) neither sensor
- 14.⬛ In a two-sensor line follower, both sensors see white. Where is the line? (a) between the two sensors (b) under the right sensor (c) far behind it (d) under the left sensor
- 15.🔦 A light sensor reads 20 over black and 90 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 16.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 70. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 17.🔦 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 white floor (b) the black line
- 18.🔦 A light sensor reads 20 over black and 70 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 19.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 90 and the right sensor reads 30. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the left sensor (b) the right sensor (c) both sensors (d) neither sensor
- 20.🔦 A light sensor reads 20 over black and 80 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 21.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 30. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 22.🔦 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
- 23.🔦 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
- 24.🔦 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 white floor (b) the black line
- 25.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 44. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 26.🔦 A light sensor reads 40 over black and 70 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 27.⬛ A reading below the threshold means the sensor is over … (a) white (b) water (c) the sky (d) black
- 28.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 62. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 29.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 17. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 30.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 90 and the right sensor reads 85. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the right sensor (b) both sensors (c) neither sensor (d) the left sensor
- 31.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 55. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 32.🔦 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
- 33.🔦 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
- 34.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 90 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
- 35.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 76. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 36.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 58. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 37.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 37. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 38.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 43. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
- 39.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 40. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
- 40.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 36. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
Answer key
- the right sensor
- 50
- 55
- the left sensor
- the black/white cut-off
- the right sensor
- the black line
- the black line
- the right sensor
- both sensors
- the left sensor
- the black line
- neither sensor
- between the two sensors
- 55
- the white floor
- the white floor
- 45
- the right sensor
- 50
- the black line
- the black line
- the white floor
- the black line
- the black line
- 55
- black
- the white floor
- the black line
- neither sensor
- the white floor
- the black line
- the white floor
- 60
- the white floor
- the white floor
- the black line
- the white floor
- the black line
- the white floor
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