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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 465 · 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 gear set-up gives this: “the output turns faster”? (a) small drives big (b) big drives small
  2. 2.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one turns to an exact angle? (a) a DC motor (b) a servo motor
  3. 3.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “the output is stronger”? (a) big drives small (b) small drives big
  4. 4.🧭 A robot should turn right 45°, but its gyro shows it turned 44°. How many degrees must it turn more to the right?
  5. 5.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 70 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  6. 6.🧭 How many degrees is a half turn (turn around)? (a) 360° (b) 90° (c) 180° (d) 45°
  7. 7.Which job needs a touch sensor? (a) measure how far a box is (b) feel a bump into a wall (c) read a QR code (d) start on a hand clap
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat road” suits tracks. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 26. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
  10. 10.⚙️ Pulley A turns anticlockwise and drives pulley B with a crossed belt (it makes an X). Which way does pulley B turn? (a) anticlockwise (b) clockwise
  11. 11.⚙️ A 12-tooth driver gear turns a 60-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 15 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  12. 12.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “the output is weaker”? (a) big drives small (b) small drives big
  13. 13.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 42 cm. Using π = 22/7, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 3 times (in cm)?
  14. 14.🔢 A gear ratio of 3 (driven ÷ driver) means the driven gear turns … (a) 3 times louder (b) 3 times bigger (c) 3 times faster (d) 3 times slower
  15. 15.⚙️ Two gears are meshed together. How do they turn? (a) one up, one down (b) in opposite directions (c) they do not turn (d) the same direction
  16. 16.⬛ In a two-sensor line follower, both sensors see white. Where is the line? (a) under the left sensor (b) between the two sensors (c) under the right sensor (d) far behind it
  17. 17.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 30. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
  18. 18.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 7 cm. Using π = 22/7, how many full turns must they make to roll 198 cm?
  19. 19.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 35 and the right sensor reads 90. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the left sensor (b) the right sensor (c) both sensors (d) neither sensor
  20. 20.⚙️ 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 small driver gear (b) a big driver gear
  21. 21.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “good for a slow crane”? (a) big drives small (b) small drives big
  22. 22.True or false: “drives the wheels” is true of a DC motor. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛞 Why do most indoor robots use wheels? (a) they climb stairs (b) they look funny (c) fast and easy on floors (d) they float
  24. 24.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one has a signal wire? (a) a servo motor (b) a DC motor
  25. 25.🦾 A servo moves from 0° to 110°. How many degrees does it turn?
  26. 26.🧭 A robot keeps turning right by 45° at a time. How many turns make one full circle?
  27. 27.Which job needs a temperature sensor? (a) stay balanced upright (b) warn if motors get hot (c) feel a bump into a wall (d) hear a whistle
  28. 28.🧭 A robot faces west. It does: turn right, turn around, turn right. Which way does it face now? (a) north (b) east (c) south (d) west
  29. 29.Which job needs a camera? (a) warn if motors get hot (b) read a QR code (c) find the brightest spot (d) feel a bump into a wall
  30. 30.⚙️ A motor makes 50 turns a minute with an 8-tooth gear on it. That gear drives a 40-tooth gear. How many turns a minute does the 40-tooth gear make?
  31. 31.🛞 Both wheels of a two-wheeled robot turn forward. The left wheel turns at 30 turns a minute and the right wheel at 90 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) curves to the right (b) goes straight forward (c) curves to the left
  32. 32.⚙️ A 10-tooth driver gear turns a 40-tooth driven gear. Compared with the driver, how does the driven gear turn? (a) faster (b) at the same speed (c) slower
  33. 33.🛞 A robot wheel has a diameter of 7 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  34. 34.📡 An object is 238 cm from a distance sensor. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. After how many milliseconds does the echo come back?
  35. 35.🔢 Gear ratio = driven teeth ÷ … (a) wheel size (b) driver teeth (c) motor volts (d) number of gears
  36. 36.⚙️ A motor makes 360 turns a minute with an 8-tooth gear on it. That gear drives a 24-tooth gear. How many turns a minute does the 24-tooth gear make?
  37. 37.Which job needs a touch sensor? (a) know a button is pressed (b) measure a turn angle (c) start on a hand clap (d) follow a black line
  38. 38.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 46. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
  39. 39.🔦 A light sensor reads 10 over black and 60 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  40. 40.Which job needs a light sensor? (a) measure how far a box is (b) spot a red ball (c) know a button is pressed (d) find the brightest spot

Answer key

  1. big drives small
  2. a servo motor
  3. small drives big
  4. 1
  5. 50
  6. 180°
  7. feel a bump into a wall
  8. False
  9. the black line
  10. clockwise
  11. 3
  12. big drives small
  13. 396
  14. 3 times slower
  15. in opposite directions
  16. between the two sensors
  17. the black line
  18. 9
  19. the left sensor
  20. a small driver gear
  21. small drives big
  22. True
  23. fast and easy on floors
  24. a servo motor
  25. 110
  26. 8
  27. warn if motors get hot
  28. west
  29. read a QR code
  30. 10
  31. curves to the left
  32. slower
  33. 22
  34. 14
  35. driver teeth
  36. 120
  37. know a button is pressed
  38. the black line
  39. 35
  40. find the brightest spot

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