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Robotics Worksheet: Line Follower Program

Robotics lesson 24: Line-follower programs · Set 63 · 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.⬛ 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 60. What does it do?
    (a) go forward (b) turn left (c) turn right
  2. 2.⬛ Why does a line follower wiggle a little as it drives? (a) it is too cold (b) it keeps fixing its path (c) it is dancing (d) its wheels are square
  3. 3.⬛ Going too fast round a sharp bend, a line follower may … (a) get heavier (b) lose the line (c) turn into a car (d) grow wheels
  4. 4.⬛ 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) go forward (b) turn left (c) turn right
  5. 5.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 30) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 41. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) turn left
  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 6 times (left–right): black–white, white–white, black–white, black–white, black–black, black–black. How many times does it turn right?
  7. 7.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 30) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 39. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) turn right
  8. 8.⬛ 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, black–black, white–black, white–white. How many times does it turn right?
  9. 9.⬛ 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, black–black, white–white. How many times does it turn left?
  10. 10.⬛ 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 20. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) turn left (c) go forward
  11. 11.⬛ 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
  12. 12.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 10 and the right sensor reads 75. What does it do?
    (a) go forward (b) turn left (c) turn right
  13. 13.⬛ Left sensor sees black, right sensor sees white. Which way should a line follower turn? (a) right (b) left (c) nowhere (d) backwards
  14. 14.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 30) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 37. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) turn right
  15. 15.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 30) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 23. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) 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 white and the right sensor sees white. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) turn right (c) go forward
  17. 17.⬛ 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 65. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) turn right (c) go forward
  18. 18.⬛ 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, white–black, black–white, white–black, black–white, black–black. How many times does it turn left?
  19. 19.⬛ 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–black, black–white, black–white, white–white, black–black, white–white. How many times does it turn right?
  20. 20.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 35 and the right sensor reads 75. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) turn left (c) go forward
  21. 21.⬛ 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 right (c) turn left
  22. 22.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 35 and the right sensor reads 30. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) go forward (c) 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 90 and the right sensor reads 25. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) turn right (c) go forward
  24. 24.⬛ 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 90. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) go forward (c) turn left
  25. 25.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 90 and the right sensor reads 35. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) go forward (c) turn left
  26. 26.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 30) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 52. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) 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 74. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) turn left
  28. 28.⬛ 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): white–white, white–white, black–white, white–white, white–black. How many times does it turn left?
  29. 29.⬛ 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–black, white–white, black–black, white–white, black–white. How many times does it turn left?
  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): black–black, black–white, black–white, white–black. How many times does it turn right?
  31. 31.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 30) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 0. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) turn left
  32. 32.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 55 and the right sensor reads 40. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) go forward (c) turn right
  33. 33.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 20 and the right sensor reads 75. What does it do?
    (a) go forward (b) turn right (c) turn left
  34. 34.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 40) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 11. What does it do?
    (a) turn right (b) turn left
  35. 35.⬛ 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 90. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) turn right (c) go forward
  36. 36.⬛ A line follower runs:
    if (left < 40) { turn left } else if (right < 40) { turn right } else { go forward }
    The left sensor reads 20 and the right sensor reads 20. What does it do?
    (a) go forward (b) turn right (c) turn left
  37. 37.⬛ 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 right (b) go forward (c) turn left
  38. 38.⬛ 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–black, white–white, white–black, black–black, white–white, black–black. How many times does it turn right?
  39. 39.⬛ A one-sensor robot follows the edge of a line:
    if (light < 50) { turn right } else { turn left }
    The sensor reads 56. What does it do?
    (a) turn left (b) turn right
  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): black–black, white–white, black–white, white–black. How many times does it turn right?

Answer key

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

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