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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 484 · 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 robot’s gyro reads 0° when it faces north and counts up to 359° as it turns right (east is 90°). It starts at 0°. It turns right 120°, then left 60°. What does the gyro read now (0° to 359°)?
  2. 2.🧭 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 0°. It turns left 90°, then right 120°, then right 45°. What does the gyro read now (0° to 359°)?
  3. 3.🧭 A robot should turn right 45°, but its gyro shows it turned 41°. How many degrees must it turn more to the right?
  4. 4.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one turns to an exact angle? (a) a DC motor (b) a servo motor
  5. 5.⚙️ How do you make a DC motor spin the other way? (a) swap its two wires (b) paint it red (c) add more wheels (d) shake it
  6. 6.Which of these suits legs? (a) stepping over wide gaps (b) a hospital corridor (c) soft snow (d) loose sand dunes
  7. 7.📡 A robot is 210 cm from a wall and drives straight at it at 15 cm per second. How far from the wall is it after 13 seconds (in cm)?
  8. 8.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 20 cm. Using π = 3.14, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 4 times (in cm)? =
  9. 9.🛞 A robot has one motor on its left wheel and one on its right wheel. The left motor runs backward and the right motor runs backward. What does the robot do? (a) goes straight back (b) spins right on the spot (c) spins left on the spot (d) goes straight forward
  10. 10.📡 A robot stops if an object is closer than 50 cm. Its distance sensor hears the echo after 8 ms (sound: about 34 cm per ms). Does the robot stop? (a) No (b) Yes
  11. 11.⬛ The threshold of a light sensor is … (a) the wheel size (b) the battery size (c) the black/white cut-off (d) the top speed
  12. 12.⚙️ A 12-tooth gear drives a 60-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  13. 13.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot measure how far a box is? (a) a distance sensor (b) a temperature sensor (c) a light sensor (d) a camera
  14. 14.🦾 A servo moves from 30° to 0°. How many degrees does it turn?
  15. 15.⚙️ A 20-tooth driver gear turns a 100-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 50 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  16. 16.⚙️ An 8-tooth driver gear turns a 24-tooth driven gear. The driven gear turns 6 times. How many times did the driver turn?
  17. 17.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot warn if motors get hot? (a) a gyro sensor (b) a sound sensor (c) a light sensor (d) a temperature sensor
  18. 18.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one usually turns 0° to 180°? (a) a servo motor (b) a DC motor
  19. 19.🧭 A robot faces east. It does: turn left, turn around. Which way does it face now? (a) south (b) west (c) north (d) east
  20. 20.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 85 and the right sensor reads 35. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) both sensors (c) the right sensor (d) the left sensor
  21. 21.True or false: “soft snow” suits legs. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.⚙️ An 8-tooth gear drives a 16-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  23. 23.⚙️ Pulley A turns clockwise and drives pulley B with a crossed belt (it makes an X). Which way does pulley B turn? (a) clockwise (b) anticlockwise
  24. 24.🛞 Both wheels of a two-wheeled robot turn forward. The left wheel turns at 70 turns a minute and the right wheel at 10 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) goes straight forward (b) curves to the right (c) curves to the left
  25. 25.⚙️ A 15-tooth driver gear turns a 75-tooth driven gear. The driven gear turns 6 times. How many times did the driver turn?
  26. 26.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 6 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  27. 27.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 7 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  28. 28.🛞 The diameter of a wheel is how many times its radius? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
  29. 29.Which of these suits wheels? (a) soft snow (b) moving under water (c) hovering over a roof (d) a flat road
  30. 30.⚙️ 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
  31. 31.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “the output turns slower”? (a) big drives small (b) small drives big
  32. 32.⚙️ A motor makes 120 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?
  33. 33.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 9 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  34. 34.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 66. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
  35. 35.⚙️ A 12-tooth driver gear turns a 16-tooth driven gear. Compared with the driver, how does the driven gear turn? (a) faster (b) at the same speed (c) slower
  36. 36.⚙️ A 48-tooth driver gear turns a 12-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 8 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  37. 37.⚙️ 7 gears are in a row, each meshed with the next. Gear 1 turns anticlockwise. Which way does gear 7 turn? (a) clockwise (b) anticlockwise
  38. 38.🧭 A robot faces north. It does: turn left, turn around. Which way does it face now? (a) west (b) north (c) east (d) south
  39. 39.📡 A robot stops if an object is closer than 50 cm. Its distance sensor hears the echo after 7 ms (sound: about 34 cm per ms). Does the robot stop? (a) No (b) Yes
  40. 40.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 14 cm. Using π = 22/7, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 3 times (in cm)?

Answer key

  1. 60
  2. 75
  3. 4
  4. a servo motor
  5. swap its two wires
  6. stepping over wide gaps
  7. 15
  8. 251.2
  9. goes straight back
  10. No
  11. the black/white cut-off
  12. 5
  13. a distance sensor
  14. 30
  15. 10
  16. 18
  17. a temperature sensor
  18. a servo motor
  19. south
  20. the right sensor
  21. False
  22. 2
  23. anticlockwise
  24. curves to the right
  25. 30
  26. 102
  27. 119
  28. 2
  29. a flat road
  30. a small driver gear
  31. small drives big
  32. 40
  33. 153
  34. the white floor
  35. slower
  36. 32
  37. anticlockwise
  38. east
  39. No
  40. 132

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