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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 326 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (Find the topic, use the formula): Find the topic: moving, motors, gears, wheels, sensors, echo, line or gyro. Use the rule: teeth × turns; circumference × turns; 17 cm per ms of echo; below the threshold = black; right adds degrees. Check: put your answer back into the rule.

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  1. 1.⚙️ A 15-tooth gear drives a 45-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  2. 2.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 4 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  3. 3.⚙️ A common servo can turn from 0° up to about … (a) 10° (b) 180° (c) 1800° (d) 18°
  4. 4.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 10 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  5. 5.⚙️ A 12-tooth driver gear turns an 8-tooth driven gear. Compared with the driver, how does the driven gear turn? (a) faster (b) slower (c) at the same speed
  6. 6.🦾 A servo arm points right at 0°, straight up at 90° and left at 180°. It is set to 45°. Where does the arm point? (a) points left (b) points right (c) points up and right (d) points up and left
  7. 7.🔍 What does a gyro sensor measure? (a) colour (b) sound (c) temperature (d) turning (rotation)
  8. 8.📡 A robot is 170 cm from a wall and drives straight at it at 15 cm per second. How far from the wall is it after 7 seconds (in cm)?
  9. 9.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 85 and the right sensor reads 15. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) both sensors (c) the right sensor (d) the left sensor
  10. 10.Which of these suits tracks? (a) moving under water (b) soft snow (c) a long factory floor (d) stepping over wide gaps
  11. 11.True or false: to find the brightest spot, use a light sensor. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.⚙️ A robot fan must spin very fast. The motor’s driver gear meshes with a small gear. What kind of driver gear works best? (a) a big driver gear (b) a small driver gear
  13. 13.Which of these suits wheels? (a) soft snow (b) a long factory floor (c) deep mud (d) a field of tall boulders
  14. 14.🦾 A servo arm points right at 0°, straight up at 90° and left at 180°. It is set to 135°. Where does the arm point? (a) points up and right (b) points straight up (c) points up and left (d) points right
  15. 15.🛞 A robot wheel has a diameter of 35 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  16. 16.🛞 A robot has one motor on its left wheel and one on its right wheel. The left motor runs forward and the right motor is stopped. What does the robot do? (a) stays still (b) turns left (c) spins left on the spot (d) turns right
  17. 17.⚙️ A 20-tooth driver gear turns a 10-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 9 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  18. 18.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 11 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  19. 19.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 14 cm. Using π = 22/7, how many full turns must they make to roll 176 cm?
  20. 20.📡 A robot stops if an object is closer than 60 cm. Its distance sensor hears the echo after 6 ms (sound: about 34 cm per ms). Does the robot stop? (a) Yes (b) No
  21. 21.🛞 Both wheels of a two-wheeled robot turn forward. The left wheel turns at 20 turns a minute and the right wheel at 30 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) curves to the right (b) goes straight forward (c) curves to the left
  22. 22.⬛ In a two-sensor line follower, both sensors see white. Where is the line? (a) far behind it (b) under the right sensor (c) between the two sensors (d) under the left sensor
  23. 23.⚙️ An 8-tooth gear drives a 32-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  24. 24.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 95 and the right sensor reads 70. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the left sensor (b) both sensors (c) the right sensor (d) neither sensor
  25. 25.⚙️ An 8-tooth driver gear turns a 24-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 12 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  26. 26.🧭 A robot’s gyro reads 0° when it faces north and counts up to 359° as it turns right (east is 90°). It starts at 270°. It turns right 90°, then right 30°, then left 60°. What does the gyro read now (0° to 359°)?
  27. 27.📡 What does an ultrasonic distance sensor send out? (a) radio music (b) sound too high to hear (c) water drops (d) bright light
  28. 28.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 3 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  29. 29.🧭 A robot spins 15° every second. How many seconds does it take to turn 135°?
  30. 30.🦾 A servo turns 60° every 100 ms. How many milliseconds does it take to turn 30°?
  31. 31.📡 Why do we halve the echo’s total path? (a) sound is slow (b) to make it smaller (c) the sensor is half (d) it goes there and back
  32. 32.🧭 A robot should turn right 180°, but its gyro shows it turned 188°. How many degrees must it turn back to the left?
  33. 33.🔢 A gear ratio of 3 (driven ÷ driver) means the driven gear turns … (a) 3 times louder (b) 3 times faster (c) 3 times bigger (d) 3 times slower
  34. 34.🔦 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
  35. 35.🛞 A robot has one motor on its left wheel and one on its right wheel. The left motor runs forward and the right motor runs backward. What does the robot do? (a) stays still (b) goes straight back (c) spins right on the spot (d) turns right
  36. 36.⚙️ An 8-tooth gear drives a 24-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  37. 37.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 15 and the right sensor reads 60. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the right sensor (b) both sensors (c) neither sensor (d) the left sensor
  38. 38.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 34. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
  39. 39.True or false: “a smooth classroom floor” suits legs. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “good for lifting loads”? (a) small drives big (b) big drives small

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 68
  3. 180°
  4. 170
  5. faster
  6. points up and right
  7. turning (rotation)
  8. 65
  9. the right sensor
  10. soft snow
  11. True
  12. a big driver gear
  13. a long factory floor
  14. points up and left
  15. 110
  16. turns right
  17. 18
  18. 187
  19. 4
  20. No
  21. curves to the left
  22. between the two sensors
  23. 4
  24. neither sensor
  25. 4
  26. 330
  27. sound too high to hear
  28. 51
  29. 9
  30. 50
  31. it goes there and back
  32. 8
  33. 3 times slower
  34. the black line
  35. spins right on the spot
  36. 3
  37. the left sensor
  38. the black line
  39. False
  40. small drives big

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