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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 528 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (Rules, roles, retries): Score = items × points each + bonus − penalties. Best round = the highest score; average = total ÷ number of rounds. Roles: builder, programmer, tester, team captain, note-keeper. Play fair and learn from every run.

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  1. 1.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “plan the design” or “read the rules”? (a) plan the design (b) read the rules
  2. 2.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to listen to every idea? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  3. 3.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) blame a teammate (b) give up at once (c) break the robot (d) find the cause, retry
  4. 4.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) nothing (b) the rules (c) the menu (d) a comic
  5. 5.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) team captain (b) builder (c) programmer (d) tester
  6. 6.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “read the rules” or “build and program”? (a) build and program (b) read the rules
  7. 7.🏆 In a robot team, who changes the program? (a) builder (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) programmer
  8. 8.🏆 A team’s robot scores 27, 29 and 63 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  9. 9.🏆 A robot scores 58, 24 and 16 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  10. 10.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) learning and fair play (b) winning at any cost (c) hiding mistakes (d) copying others
  11. 11.True or false: to grab the robot is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 4 cans and gets 30 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  13. 13.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to ignore the rules? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  14. 14.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) builder (d) programmer
  15. 15.🏆 A robot scores 38, 31 and 45 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  16. 16.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) compete and learn (b) plan the design (c) read the rules (d) test and improve
  17. 17.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) team captain
  18. 18.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) team captain (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) builder
  19. 19.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to do all the work alone? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  20. 20.True or false: to copy another team is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to do all the work alone is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏆 A robot scores 51, 21 and 40 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  24. 24.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 8 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  25. 25.True or false: to ignore the rules is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  27. 27.True or false: to blame one person is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to slow the team (b) to learn what works (c) to fill pages (d) to show off
  29. 29.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 6 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
  30. 30.🏆 A robot scores 13, 35 and 24 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  31. 31.True or false: to help a stuck team is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to share the tools? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  33. 33.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  34. 34.True or false: to grab the robot is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 15 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 9 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
  37. 37.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 25 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 10 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  38. 38.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “plan the design” or “test and improve”? (a) test and improve (b) plan the design
  40. 40.🏆 A robot scores 52, 56 and 54 points in three rounds. What is its average score?

Answer key

  1. read the rules
  2. good teamwork
  3. find the cause, retry
  4. the rules
  5. tester
  6. read the rules
  7. programmer
  8. 63
  9. 98
  10. learning and fair play
  11. True
  12. 110
  13. poor teamwork
  14. builder
  15. 38
  16. compete and learn
  17. programmer
  18. note-keeper
  19. poor teamwork
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. 112
  24. 70
  25. True
  26. poor teamwork
  27. True
  28. to learn what works
  29. 55
  30. 24
  31. False
  32. good teamwork
  33. good teamwork
  34. False
  35. False
  36. 105
  37. 240
  38. True
  39. plan the design
  40. 54

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