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Robotics Worksheet: Line Follower Program

Robotics lesson 24: Line-follower programs · Set 294 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (Turn towards the line): Left sees black → turn left; right sees black → turn right; both white → go forward. In an if / else if chain the first true rule wins (both black → the rule written first). With numbers: a reading below the threshold (for example below 40) means black.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.⬛ Going too fast round a sharp bend, a line follower may … (a) get heavier (b) turn into a car (c) grow wheels (d) lose the line
  2. 2.⬛ Why does a line follower wiggle a little as it drives? (a) it is dancing (b) it is too cold (c) its wheels are square (d) it keeps fixing its path
  3. 3.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): white–black, black–white, black–white, white–white. How many times does it turn right?
  4. 4.⬛ Left sensor sees black, right sensor sees white. Which way should a line follower turn? (a) backwards (b) right (c) nowhere (d) left
  5. 5.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 5 times (left–right): black–white, black–white, black–white, white–white, black–white. How many times does it turn right?
  6. 6.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): black–white, white–white, white–white, white–black. How many times does it turn left?
  7. 7.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor sees white and the right sensor sees black. What does it do?     (a) turn left (b) turn right (c) go forward
  8. 8.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor sees white and the right sensor sees white. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) go forward (c) turn left
  9. 9.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 40 and the right sensor reads 60. What does it do?     (a) go forward (b) turn right (c) turn left
  10. 10.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor sees black and the right sensor sees black. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) go forward (c) turn left
  11. 11.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (right sees black) { turn right } else if (left sees black) { turn left } else { go forward }
    The left sensor sees white and the right sensor sees white. What does it do?     (a) go forward (b) turn left (c) turn right
  12. 12.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 30) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 24. What does it do?     (a) turn left (b) turn right
  13. 13.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 25 and the right sensor reads 55. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left (c) go forward
  14. 14.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 30 and the right sensor reads 40. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left (c) go forward
  15. 15.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (right sees black) { turn right } else if (left sees black) { turn left } else { go forward }
    The left sensor sees white and the right sensor sees black. What does it do?     (a) go forward (b) turn right (c) turn left
  16. 16.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor sees black and the right sensor sees white. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) go forward (c) turn left
  17. 17.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (right sees black) { turn right } else if (left sees black) { turn left } else { go forward }
    The left sensor sees black and the right sensor sees black. What does it do?     (a) turn left (b) go forward (c) turn right
  18. 18.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 50) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 24. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left
  19. 19.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 50) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 64. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left
  20. 20.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 50) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 43. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left
  21. 21.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): white–black, white–white, white–black, black–black. How many times does it turn right?
  22. 22.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): white–black, white–white, white–white, black–white. How many times does it turn right?
  23. 23.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 70 and the right sensor reads 85. What does it do?     (a) go forward (b) turn left (c) turn right
  24. 24.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 6 times (left–right): black–white, black–white, black–black, white–white, black–white, white–black. How many times does it turn right?
  25. 25.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 6 times (left–right): white–black, white–white, black–black, white–white, white–black, black–white. How many times does it turn left?
  26. 26.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 5 times (left–right): black–white, white–black, white–white, white–white, black–white. How many times does it turn right?
  27. 27.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 50) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 44. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left
  28. 28.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 50) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 37. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left
  29. 29.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 50) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 35. What does it do?     (a) turn left (b) turn right
  30. 30.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): white–white, white–white, white–white, white–white. How many times does it turn left?
  31. 31.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 15 and the right sensor reads 75. What does it do?     (a) turn left (b) turn right (c) go forward
  32. 32.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 40) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 19. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left
  33. 33.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): black–black, black–white, white–black, black–black. How many times does it turn right?
  34. 34.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): white–white, white–white, white–white, black–black. How many times does it turn left?
  35. 35.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 40) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 51. What does it do?     (a) turn left (b) turn right
  36. 36.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): black–white, black–black, white–white, black–black. How many times does it turn right?
  37. 37.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 6 times (left–right): black–white, black–white, white–white, white–black, black–black, black–white. How many times does it turn right?
  38. 38.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 50) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 33. What does it do?     (a) turn right (b) turn left
  39. 39.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 6 times (left–right): white–white, black–black, black–black, black–white, black–black, white–white. How many times does it turn left?
  40. 40.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left sees black) { turn left } else if (right sees black) { turn right } else { go forward }
    It checks its sensors 4 times (left–right): white–black, black–white, black–black, white–black. How many times does it turn left?

Answer key

  1. lose the line
  2. it keeps fixing its path
  3. 1
  4. left
  5. 0
  6. 1
  7. turn right
  8. go forward
  9. go forward
  10. turn left
  11. go forward
  12. turn right
  13. turn left
  14. turn left
  15. turn right
  16. turn left
  17. turn right
  18. turn right
  19. turn left
  20. turn right
  21. 2
  22. 1
  23. go forward
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. 1
  27. turn right
  28. turn right
  29. turn right
  30. 0
  31. turn left
  32. turn right
  33. 1
  34. 1
  35. turn left
  36. 0
  37. 1
  38. turn right
  39. 4
  40. 2

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