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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 725 · 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 is stronger”? (a) small drives big (b) big drives small
  2. 2.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 60 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  3. 3.🧭 A robot spins 15° every second. How many seconds does it take to turn 135°?
  4. 4.📡 An object is 255 cm from a distance sensor. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. After how many milliseconds does the echo come back?
  5. 5.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 65 and the right sensor reads 20. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the right sensor (b) neither sensor (c) both sensors (d) the left sensor
  6. 6.🛞 How far does a wheel roll in one full turn? (a) its circumference (b) its diameter (c) its weight (d) its radius
  7. 7.Which of these suits tracks? (a) crossing stepping-stones (b) a hospital corridor (c) deep mud (d) moving under water
  8. 8.📡 Why do we halve the echo’s total path? (a) it goes there and back (b) sound is slow (c) to make it smaller (d) the sensor is half
  9. 9.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 35 cm. Using π = 22/7, how many full turns must they make to roll 330 cm?
  10. 10.⚙️ A motor makes 60 turns a minute with a 15-tooth gear on it. That gear drives a 45-tooth gear. How many turns a minute does the 45-tooth gear make?
  11. 11.True or false: “spins round and round” is true of a servo motor. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📡 An object is 221 cm from a distance sensor. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. After how many milliseconds does the echo come back?
  13. 13.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 40 and the right sensor reads 25. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) neither sensor (b) both sensors (c) the left sensor (d) the right sensor
  14. 14.Which of these suits wheels? (a) soft snow (b) a muddy building site (c) a long factory floor (d) moving under water
  15. 15.🛞 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?
  16. 16.🛞 Circumference = π × … (a) radius only (b) speed (c) weight (d) diameter
  17. 17.🧭 A robot should turn right 90°, but its gyro shows it turned 93°. How many degrees must it turn back to the left?
  18. 18.⚙️ An 8-tooth gear drives a 40-tooth gear. What is the gear ratio (driven teeth ÷ driver teeth)?
  19. 19.⚙️ A 20-tooth driver gear must make the driven gear turn 3 times slower. How many teeth must the driven gear have?
  20. 20.True or false: “good for lifting loads” happens when a small gear drives a big one. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛞 How does a two-wheeled robot with no steering turn? (a) it uses a sail (b) it stops for ever (c) it jumps (d) one wheel runs faster
  22. 22.🛞 A robot wheel has a radius of 21 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  23. 23.⚙️ A 50-tooth driver gear turns a 10-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 10 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  24. 24.📡 A distance sensor sends a sound pulse and hears the echo 16 ms later. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. How far away is the object (in cm)?
  25. 25.📡 An object is 340 cm from a distance sensor. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. After how many milliseconds does the echo come back?
  26. 26.⚙️ A 20-tooth driver gear turns a 40-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 12 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  27. 27.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 70 and the right sensor reads 25. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the left sensor (b) both sensors (c) the right sensor (d) neither sensor
  28. 28.🛞 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 forward (b) turns right (c) goes straight back (d) stays still
  29. 29.⚙️ Pulley A turns anticlockwise and drives pulley B with an open belt (no cross). Which way does pulley B turn? (a) anticlockwise (b) clockwise
  30. 30.📡 An object is 68 cm from a distance sensor. Sound travels about 34 cm every millisecond. After how many milliseconds does the echo come back?
  31. 31.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot spot a red ball? (a) a camera (b) a touch sensor (c) a gyro sensor (d) a distance sensor
  32. 32.⚙️ A 36-tooth driver gear turns a 12-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 3 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  33. 33.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 80 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  34. 34.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one spins faster with more V? (a) a servo motor (b) a DC motor
  35. 35.🔍 A light sensor gets the most reflected light from … (a) a dark tunnel (b) a black surface (c) a black line (d) a white surface
  36. 36.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot stop before a wall? (a) a gyro sensor (b) a touch sensor (c) a light sensor (d) a distance sensor
  37. 37.🔦 A light sensor reads below 50 over a black line and above 50 over the white floor. It reads 70. What is under the sensor? (a) the white floor (b) the black line
  38. 38.🧭 A robot spins 60° every second. How many seconds does it take to turn 180°?
  39. 39.🛞 Both wheels of a two-wheeled robot turn forward. The left wheel turns at 30 turns a minute and the right wheel at 40 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) curves to the left (b) goes straight forward (c) curves to the right
  40. 40.🦾 A servo moves from 80° to 20°. How many degrees does it turn?

Answer key

  1. small drives big
  2. 45
  3. 9
  4. 15
  5. the right sensor
  6. its circumference
  7. deep mud
  8. it goes there and back
  9. 3
  10. 20
  11. False
  12. 13
  13. both sensors
  14. a long factory floor
  15. 8
  16. diameter
  17. 3
  18. 5
  19. 60
  20. True
  21. one wheel runs faster
  22. 132
  23. 50
  24. 272
  25. 20
  26. 6
  27. the right sensor
  28. goes straight back
  29. anticlockwise
  30. 4
  31. a camera
  32. 9
  33. 55
  34. a DC motor
  35. a white surface
  36. a distance sensor
  37. the white floor
  38. 3
  39. curves to the left
  40. 60

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