Robotics Worksheet: Robot Sensors
Robot tip (Match the sense to the job): Touch: bumps and buttons. Light: lines and bright spots. Sound: claps and whistles. Distance (ultrasonic): how far a wall or box is. Gyro: turning and balance. Camera: colours, objects and codes. Temperature: heat.
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- 1.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot know a button is pressed? (a) a sound sensor (b) a temperature sensor (c) a light sensor (d) a touch sensor
- 2.True or false: to stay balanced upright, use a light sensor. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot hear a whistle? (a) a temperature sensor (b) a gyro sensor (c) a sound sensor (d) a distance sensor
- 4.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot stay balanced upright? (a) a camera (b) a gyro sensor (c) a sound sensor (d) a light sensor
- 5.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot feel a bump into a wall? (a) a light sensor (b) a sound sensor (c) a camera (d) a touch sensor
- 6.Which job needs a temperature sensor? (a) warn if motors get hot (b) measure a turn angle (c) follow a black line (d) know a button is pressed
- 7.🔍 Why do robots need sensors? (a) to be heavier (b) to look colourful (c) to know their world (d) to use more power
- 8.Which job needs a touch sensor? (a) stop before a wall (b) read a QR code (c) measure a turn angle (d) feel a bump into a wall
- 9.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot follow a black line? (a) a temperature sensor (b) a light sensor (c) a distance sensor (d) a gyro sensor
- 10.Which job needs a light sensor? (a) measure how far a box is (b) feel a bump into a wall (c) follow a black line (d) stop before a wall
- 11.🔍 What does a gyro sensor measure? (a) sound (b) temperature (c) colour (d) turning (rotation)
- 12.True or false: to measure how far a box is, use a distance sensor. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: to measure a turn angle, use a gyro sensor. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔍 For a robot’s controller, is a sensor an input or an output? (a) a gear (b) a wheel (c) an input (d) an output
- 15.True or false: to stay balanced upright, use a gyro sensor. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: to follow a black line, use a gyro sensor. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which job needs a camera? (a) follow a black line (b) read a QR code (c) find the brightest spot (d) stay balanced upright
- 18.True or false: to feel a bump into a wall, use a touch sensor. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot start on a hand clap? (a) a touch sensor (b) a camera (c) a distance sensor (d) a sound sensor
- 20.Which job needs a light sensor? (a) stay balanced upright (b) measure how far a box is (c) hear a whistle (d) find the brightest spot
- 21.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot measure how far a box is? (a) a distance sensor (b) a touch sensor (c) a gyro sensor (d) a light sensor
- 22.True or false: to hear a whistle, use a temperature sensor. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: to warn if motors get hot, use a sound sensor. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: to know a button is pressed, use a distance sensor. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: to stay balanced upright, use a camera. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which job needs a gyro sensor? (a) stop before a wall (b) feel a bump into a wall (c) know a button is pressed (d) stay balanced upright
- 27.True or false: to stay balanced upright, use a sound sensor. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which sensor is just a tiny switch pressed by a bump? (a) a gyro sensor (b) a sound sensor (c) a touch sensor (d) a camera
- 29.True or false: to start on a hand clap, use a sound sensor. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: to start on a hand clap, use a camera. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 A light sensor gets the most reflected light from … (a) a black line (b) a white surface (c) a black surface (d) a dark tunnel
- 32.Which job needs a distance sensor? (a) warn if motors get hot (b) measure how far a box is (c) stay balanced upright (d) spot a red ball
- 33.Which job needs a touch sensor? (a) know a button is pressed (b) hear a whistle (c) read a QR code (d) measure how far a box is
- 34.True or false: to measure a turn angle, use a temperature sensor. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: to spot a red ball, use a gyro sensor. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: to stop before a wall, use a touch sensor. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which job needs a gyro sensor? (a) measure a turn angle (b) warn if motors get hot (c) follow a black line (d) stop before a wall
- 38.True or false: to warn if motors get hot, use a temperature sensor. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot spot a red ball? (a) a gyro sensor (b) a temperature sensor (c) a camera (d) a sound sensor
- 40.Which job needs a sound sensor? (a) warn if motors get hot (b) spot a red ball (c) follow a black line (d) hear a whistle
Answer key
- a touch sensor
- False
- a sound sensor
- a gyro sensor
- a touch sensor
- warn if motors get hot
- to know their world
- feel a bump into a wall
- a light sensor
- follow a black line
- turning (rotation)
- True
- True
- an input
- True
- False
- read a QR code
- True
- a sound sensor
- find the brightest spot
- a distance sensor
- False
- False
- False
- False
- stay balanced upright
- False
- a touch sensor
- True
- False
- a white surface
- measure how far a box is
- know a button is pressed
- False
- False
- False
- measure a turn angle
- True
- a camera
- hear a whistle
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