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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 61 · 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.🛞 Both wheels of a two-wheeled robot turn forward. The left wheel turns at 80 turns a minute and the right wheel at 70 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) curves to the left (b) goes straight forward (c) curves to the right
  2. 2.🛞 Which way of moving suits this best: “a hospital corridor”? (a) wheels (b) tracks (c) legs (d) propellers
  3. 3.🔍 Which sensor is just a tiny switch pressed by a bump? (a) a gyro sensor (b) a sound sensor (c) a camera (d) a touch sensor
  4. 4.📡 In these lessons, sound travels about how far in 1 millisecond? (a) 34 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 340 cm (d) 1 km
  5. 5.🧭 A robot keeps turning right by 120° at a time. How many turns make one full circle?
  6. 6.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 6 cm. Using π = 3.14, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 3 times (in cm)? =
  7. 7.📡 A robot is 210 cm from a wall and drives straight at it at 5 cm per second. How far from the wall is it after 36 seconds (in cm)?
  8. 8.True or false: “crossing stepping-stones” suits tracks. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🦾 A servo moves from 160° to 80°. How many degrees does it turn?
  10. 10.⚙️ Pulley A turns anticlockwise and drives pulley B with an open belt (no cross). Which way does pulley B turn? (a) anticlockwise (b) clockwise
  11. 11.⚙️ A 10-tooth gear drives a 30-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  12. 12.🦾 A servo moves from 120° to 160°. How many degrees does it turn?
  13. 13.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one spins faster with more V? (a) a DC motor (b) a servo motor
  14. 14.⚙️ A 10-tooth gear drives a 40-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  15. 15.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 90 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  16. 16.🔦 A light sensor reads below 40 over a black line and above 40 over the white floor. It reads 21. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
  17. 17.⚙️ A 20-tooth driver gear must make the driven gear turn 5 times slower. How many teeth must the driven gear have?
  18. 18.⚙️ A 10-tooth driver gear turns a 30-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 15 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  19. 19.⬛ The threshold of a light sensor is … (a) the wheel size (b) the battery size (c) the top speed (d) the black/white cut-off
  20. 20.🔍 What does a gyro sensor measure? (a) sound (b) colour (c) temperature (d) turning (rotation)
  21. 21.⚙️ 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
  22. 22.🧭 How many degrees is a half turn (turn around)? (a) 45° (b) 90° (c) 180° (d) 360°
  23. 23.True or false: “moving under water” suits propellers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧭 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 90°. It turns right 135°, then left 90°. What does the gyro read now (0° to 359°)?
  25. 25.⚙️ An 8-tooth gear drives a 16-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  26. 26.🔍 A light sensor gets the most reflected light from … (a) a white surface (b) a dark tunnel (c) a black line (d) a black surface
  27. 27.Which job needs a temperature sensor? (a) measure how far a box is (b) measure a turn angle (c) feel a bump into a wall (d) warn if motors get hot
  28. 28.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 33. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
  29. 29.True or false: to stop before a wall, use a sound sensor. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot find the brightest spot? (a) a sound sensor (b) a camera (c) a touch sensor (d) a light sensor
  31. 31.🛞 With the same motor speed, a bigger wheel makes the robot go … (a) backwards (b) faster (c) slower (d) nowhere
  32. 32.🦾 A servo program runs:
    angle = 150
    angle = angle + 20
    angle = angle − 20
    To what angle (in degrees) does the servo turn in the end?
  33. 33.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “the output is weaker”? (a) small drives big (b) big drives small
  34. 34.🛞 How far does a wheel roll in one full turn? (a) its weight (b) its radius (c) its circumference (d) its diameter
  35. 35.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 18 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  36. 36.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 81. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
  37. 37.📡 A robot is 110 cm from a wall and drives straight at it at 15 cm per second. How far from the wall is it after 1 second (in cm)?
  38. 38.True or false: to read a QR code, use a touch sensor. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 90 and the right sensor reads 15. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the left sensor (b) both sensors (c) the right sensor (d) neither sensor
  40. 40.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 10. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line

Answer key

  1. curves to the right
  2. wheels
  3. a touch sensor
  4. 34 cm
  5. 3
  6. 56.52
  7. 30
  8. False
  9. 80
  10. anticlockwise
  11. 3
  12. 40
  13. a DC motor
  14. 4
  15. 60
  16. the black line
  17. 100
  18. 5
  19. the black/white cut-off
  20. turning (rotation)
  21. a small driver gear
  22. 180°
  23. True
  24. 135
  25. 2
  26. a white surface
  27. warn if motors get hot
  28. the white floor
  29. False
  30. a light sensor
  31. faster
  32. 150
  33. big drives small
  34. its circumference
  35. 306
  36. the white floor
  37. 95
  38. False
  39. the right sensor
  40. the black line

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