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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 55 · 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 has one motor on its left wheel and one on its right wheel. The left motor runs backward and the right motor runs forward. What does the robot do? (a) turns right (b) goes straight forward (c) goes straight back (d) spins left on the spot
  2. 2.⚙️ A 20-tooth driver gear turns a 10-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 5 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  3. 3.🧭 A robot keeps turning right by 90° at a time. How many turns make one full circle?
  4. 4.⚙️ 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
  5. 5.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 31. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
  6. 6.🔢 A gear ratio of 3 (driven ÷ driver) means the driven gear turns … (a) 3 times faster (b) 3 times slower (c) 3 times bigger (d) 3 times louder
  7. 7.True or false: “usually turns 0° to 180°” is true of a servo motor. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛞 A robot wheel has a radius of 21 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  9. 9.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “the output is weaker”? (a) big drives small (b) small drives big
  10. 10.⚙️ Which motor is best for turning a robot arm to exactly 45°? (a) a DC motor (b) a servo motor (c) a fan (d) a buzzer
  11. 11.⚙️ An 8-tooth driver gear turns a 24-tooth driven gear. Compared with the driver, how does the driven gear turn? (a) slower (b) at the same speed (c) faster
  12. 12.⚙️ A 40-tooth driver gear turns a 10-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 8 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  13. 13.⚙️ A 15-tooth gear drives a 45-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  14. 14.⚙️ Pulley A turns anticlockwise and drives pulley B with an open belt (no cross). Which way does pulley B turn? (a) clockwise (b) anticlockwise
  15. 15.🧭 A robot faces south. It does: turn left, turn left, turn right, turn right. Which way does it face now? (a) north (b) west (c) east (d) south
  16. 16.🧭 A robot spins 60° every second. How many seconds does it take to turn 180°?
  17. 17.🛞 What is the main difficulty with legs for a robot? (a) they are too cheap (b) harder to balance (c) too fast on floors (d) they never tire
  18. 18.🦾 A servo moves from 130° to 10°. How many degrees does it turn?
  19. 19.⚙️ Pulley A turns anticlockwise and drives pulley B with a crossed belt (it makes an X). Which way does pulley B turn? (a) clockwise (b) anticlockwise
  20. 20.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 28 cm. Using π = 22/7, how many full turns must they make to roll 176 cm?
  21. 21.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 14 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  22. 22.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 8 cm. Using π = 3.14, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 3 times (in cm)? =
  23. 23.⬛ In a two-sensor line follower, both sensors see white. Where is the line? (a) far behind it (b) between the two sensors (c) under the left sensor (d) under the right sensor
  24. 24.🛞 A robot wheel has a radius of 14 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  25. 25.🧭 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 180°. It turns left 180°, then right 135°, then left 180°. What does the gyro read now (0° to 359°)?
  26. 26.⚙️ A motor makes 300 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?
  27. 27.Which of these suits tracks? (a) soft snow (b) flying over a field (c) a smooth classroom floor (d) a hospital corridor
  28. 28.🛞 Both wheels of a two-wheeled robot turn forward. The left wheel turns at 100 turns a minute and the right wheel at 60 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) curves to the left (b) goes straight forward (c) curves to the right
  29. 29.🛞 A small free-turning wheel that only helps a robot balance is called … (a) a caster wheel (b) a gear (c) a servo (d) a track
  30. 30.True or false: to measure how far a box is, use a touch sensor. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 14 cm. Using π = 22/7, how many full turns must they make to roll 352 cm?
  32. 32.🛞 A robot wheel has a diameter of 21 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  33. 33.🛞 A motor’s 10-tooth gear drives a 30-tooth gear on the wheel axle. The wheels have a diameter of 28 cm (use π = 22/7). The motor turns 18 times. How far does the robot roll (in cm)?
  34. 34.📡 Which animal finds its way by echoes, like this sensor? (a) a goldfish (b) a bat (c) a cow (d) a snail
  35. 35.🛞 A robot has one motor on its left wheel and one on its right wheel. The left motor is stopped and the right motor is stopped. What does the robot do? (a) goes straight back (b) spins right on the spot (c) stays still (d) goes straight forward
  36. 36.⚙️ A 12-tooth gear drives a 36-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  37. 37.🛞 A robot has one motor on its left wheel and one on its right wheel. The left motor is stopped and the right motor runs forward. What does the robot do? (a) goes straight back (b) spins right on the spot (c) turns right (d) turns left
  38. 38.⚙️ A 40-tooth driver gear turns an 8-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 1 time. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  39. 39.🧭 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 180°. It turns left 45°, then right 30°. What does the gyro read now (0° to 359°)?
  40. 40.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 6 cm. Using π = 3.14, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 5 times (in cm)? =

Answer key

  1. spins left on the spot
  2. 10
  3. 4
  4. a big driver gear
  5. the black line
  6. 3 times slower
  7. True
  8. 132
  9. big drives small
  10. a servo motor
  11. slower
  12. 32
  13. 3
  14. anticlockwise
  15. south
  16. 3
  17. harder to balance
  18. 120
  19. clockwise
  20. 2
  21. 238
  22. 75.36
  23. between the two sensors
  24. 88
  25. 315
  26. 100
  27. soft snow
  28. curves to the right
  29. a caster wheel
  30. False
  31. 8
  32. 66
  33. 528
  34. a bat
  35. stays still
  36. 3
  37. turns left
  38. 5
  39. 165
  40. 94.2

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