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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 450 · 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.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot hear a whistle? (a) a light sensor (b) a camera (c) a sound sensor (d) a touch sensor
  2. 2.True or false: “a field of tall boulders” suits legs. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which sensor is just a tiny switch pressed by a bump? (a) a camera (b) a sound sensor (c) a touch sensor (d) a gyro sensor
  4. 4.True or false: “good for lifting loads” happens when a small gear drives a big one. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔦 A light sensor reads 20 over black and 60 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  6. 6.🔢 To climb a steep ramp, a robot needs a gear ratio that is … (a) zero (b) big (slow and strong) (c) never important (d) small (fast, weak)
  7. 7.🧭 A robot spins 15° every second. How many seconds does it take to turn 330°?
  8. 8.🧭 How many degrees is a full turn? (a) 90° (b) 360° (c) 100° (d) 180°
  9. 9.🛞 A motor’s 10-tooth gear drives a 30-tooth gear on the wheel axle. The wheels have a diameter of 42 cm (use π = 22/7). The motor turns 18 times. How far does the robot roll (in cm)?
  10. 10.🛞 Why do tracks (caterpillar belts) grip soft ground well? (a) they are round (b) they spin in the air (c) they spread the weight (d) they are shiny
  11. 11.⚙️ 5 gears are in a row, each meshed with the next. Gear 1 turns clockwise. Which way does gear 5 turn? (a) anticlockwise (b) clockwise
  12. 12.⚙️ A 24-tooth driver gear turns an 8-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 1 time. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  13. 13.⚙️ A 12-tooth driver gear turns a 40-tooth driven gear. Compared with the driver, how does the driven gear turn? (a) faster (b) slower (c) at the same speed
  14. 14.⚙️ A 12-tooth gear drives a 60-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  15. 15.⚙️ A robot arm must lift a heavy load slowly. The motor’s driver gear meshes with a big gear. What kind of driver gear works best? (a) a big driver gear (b) a small driver gear
  16. 16.⚙️ 4 gears are in a row, each meshed with the next. Gear 1 turns anticlockwise. Which way does gear 4 turn? (a) anticlockwise (b) clockwise
  17. 17.⚙️ 4 gears are in a row, each meshed with the next. Gear 1 turns clockwise. Which way does gear 4 turn? (a) clockwise (b) anticlockwise
  18. 18.🔦 A light sensor reads 10 over black and 60 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  19. 19.True or false: to stay balanced upright, use a sound sensor. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat road” suits wheels. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📡 A robot stops if an object is closer than 50 cm. Its distance sensor hears the echo after 1 ms (sound: about 34 cm per ms). Does the robot stop? (a) Yes (b) No
  22. 22.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “the output is weaker”? (a) small drives big (b) big drives small
  23. 23.🦾 A servo turns 60° every 100 ms. How many milliseconds does it take to turn 120°?
  24. 24.⚙️ Pulley A turns clockwise and drives pulley B with an open belt (no cross). Which way does pulley B turn? (a) clockwise (b) anticlockwise
  25. 25.🛞 Both wheels of a two-wheeled robot turn forward. The left wheel turns at 50 turns a minute and the right wheel at 10 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) curves to the left (b) curves to the right (c) goes straight forward
  26. 26.Which of these suits wheels? (a) loose sand dunes (b) hovering over a roof (c) crossing stepping-stones (d) a hospital corridor
  27. 27.📡 An object is 102 cm from a distance sensor. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. After how many milliseconds does the echo come back?
  28. 28.⚙️ A 20-tooth driver gear turns an 80-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 20 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  29. 29.Which of these suits legs? (a) deep mud (b) a long factory floor (c) a field of tall boulders (d) a flat road
  30. 30.⚙️ A motor makes 120 turns a minute with a 10-tooth gear on it. That gear drives a 20-tooth gear. How many turns a minute does the 20-tooth gear make?
  31. 31.📡 An object is 85 cm from a distance sensor. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. After how many milliseconds does the echo come back?
  32. 32.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one holds a set angle? (a) a DC motor (b) a servo motor
  33. 33.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 48. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
  34. 34.True or false: “the output is stronger” happens when a big gear drives a small one. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 Gear ratio = driven teeth ÷ … (a) number of gears (b) wheel size (c) driver teeth (d) motor volts
  36. 36.Which of these suits propellers? (a) a muddy building site (b) a hospital corridor (c) soft snow (d) moving under water
  37. 37.⚙️ A big gear drives a small gear. The small gear turns … (a) not at all (b) slower but stronger (c) faster but weaker (d) at the same speed
  38. 38.True or false: “crossing stepping-stones” suits legs. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.⚙️ A 12-tooth driver gear turns a 60-tooth driven gear. The driven gear turns 6 times. How many times did the driver turn?
  40. 40.📡 In these lessons, sound travels about how far in 1 millisecond? (a) 3 cm (b) 34 cm (c) 340 cm (d) 1 km

Answer key

  1. a sound sensor
  2. True
  3. a touch sensor
  4. True
  5. 40
  6. big (slow and strong)
  7. 22
  8. 360°
  9. 792
  10. they spread the weight
  11. clockwise
  12. 3
  13. slower
  14. 5
  15. a small driver gear
  16. clockwise
  17. anticlockwise
  18. 35
  19. False
  20. True
  21. Yes
  22. big drives small
  23. 200
  24. clockwise
  25. curves to the right
  26. a hospital corridor
  27. 6
  28. 5
  29. a field of tall boulders
  30. 60
  31. 5
  32. a servo motor
  33. the white floor
  34. False
  35. driver teeth
  36. moving under water
  37. faster but weaker
  38. True
  39. 30
  40. 34 cm

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