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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 678 · 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 wheels have a diameter of 14 cm. Using π = 22/7, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 8 times (in cm)?
  2. 2.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one drives the wheels? (a) a servo motor (b) a DC motor
  3. 3.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot follow a black line? (a) a temperature sensor (b) a gyro sensor (c) a distance sensor (d) a light sensor
  4. 4.📡 What does an ultrasonic distance sensor send out? (a) sound too high to hear (b) bright light (c) water drops (d) radio music
  5. 5.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot hear a whistle? (a) a touch sensor (b) a gyro sensor (c) a camera (d) a sound sensor
  6. 6.🦾 A servo arm points right at 0°, straight up at 90° and left at 180°. It is set to 45°. Where does the arm point? (a) points up and right (b) points left (c) points straight up (d) points up and left
  7. 7.True or false: “soft snow” suits wheels. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 42 cm. Using π = 22/7, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 2 times (in cm)?
  9. 9.🔦 A light sensor reads 40 over black and 90 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  10. 10.🛞 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)?
  11. 11.📡 Why do we halve the echo’s total path? (a) sound is slow (b) to make it smaller (c) it goes there and back (d) the sensor is half
  12. 12.True or false: “a long factory floor” suits legs. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one has a signal wire? (a) a DC motor (b) a servo motor
  14. 14.🔍 A light sensor gets the most reflected light from … (a) a black surface (b) a black line (c) a white surface (d) a dark tunnel
  15. 15.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “good for lifting loads”? (a) big drives small (b) small drives big
  16. 16.⬛ Why does a light sensor read a LOW number over a black line? (a) black is hot (b) black soaks up light (c) black is wet (d) black is loud
  17. 17.⬛ The threshold of a light sensor is … (a) the top speed (b) the black/white cut-off (c) the wheel size (d) the battery size
  18. 18.⚙️ A 20-tooth gear drives a 40-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  19. 19.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “the output is stronger”? (a) small drives big (b) big drives small
  20. 20.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one turns to an exact angle? (a) a DC motor (b) a servo motor
  21. 21.🦾 A servo program runs:
    angle = 70
    angle = angle − 40
    angle = angle − 10
    angle = angle + 30
    To what angle (in degrees) does the servo turn in the end?
  22. 22.🧭 How many degrees is a right-angle turn? (a) 45° (b) 90° (c) 180° (d) 360°
  23. 23.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 10 and the right sensor reads 60. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) the left sensor (c) both sensors (d) the right sensor
  24. 24.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 5 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  25. 25.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 28 cm. Using π = 22/7, how many full turns must they make to roll 528 cm?
  26. 26.🛞 A motor’s 10-tooth gear drives a 20-tooth gear on the wheel axle. The wheels have a diameter of 21 cm (use π = 22/7). The motor turns 8 times. How far does the robot roll (in cm)?
  27. 27.True or false: “the output is stronger” happens when a big gear drives a small one. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 19 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  29. 29.🛞 Both wheels of a two-wheeled robot turn forward. The left wheel turns at 20 turns a minute and the right wheel at 40 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) goes straight forward (b) curves to the left (c) curves to the right
  30. 30.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 3 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  31. 31.⚙️ A small gear drives a big gear. The big gear turns … (a) slower but stronger (b) faster and weaker (c) not at all (d) at the same speed
  32. 32.True or false: “usually turns 0° to 180°” is true of a DC motor. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔦 A light sensor reads below 30 over a black line and above 30 over the white floor. It reads 22. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
  34. 34.True or false: to read a QR code, use a camera. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these suits propellers? (a) stepping over wide gaps (b) hovering over a roof (c) a long factory floor (d) crossing stepping-stones
  36. 36.🧭 A robot faces west. It does: turn around, turn left, turn right. Which way does it face now? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
  37. 37.🛞 What is the main difficulty with legs for a robot? (a) they are too cheap (b) too fast on floors (c) harder to balance (d) they never tire
  38. 38.⚙️ An 8-tooth gear drives a 32-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  39. 39.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 8 cm. Using π = 3.14, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 1 time (in cm)? =
  40. 40.⚙️ A motor makes 120 turns a minute with a 10-tooth gear on it. That gear drives a 40-tooth gear. How many turns a minute does the 40-tooth gear make?

Answer key

  1. 352
  2. a DC motor
  3. a light sensor
  4. sound too high to hear
  5. a sound sensor
  6. points up and right
  7. False
  8. 264
  9. 65
  10. 132
  11. it goes there and back
  12. False
  13. a servo motor
  14. a white surface
  15. small drives big
  16. black soaks up light
  17. the black/white cut-off
  18. 2
  19. small drives big
  20. a servo motor
  21. 50
  22. 90°
  23. the left sensor
  24. 85
  25. 6
  26. 264
  27. False
  28. 323
  29. curves to the left
  30. 51
  31. slower but stronger
  32. False
  33. the black line
  34. True
  35. hovering over a roof
  36. east
  37. harder to balance
  38. 4
  39. 25.12
  40. 30

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