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Robotics lesson 20: Part 2 test: how robots move and sense · Set 77 · 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 spins 30° every second. How many seconds does it take to turn 210°?
  2. 2.⚙️ DC motor or servo motor: which one moves an arm joint? (a) a DC motor (b) a servo motor
  3. 3.🧭 A robot spins 15° every second. How many seconds does it take to turn 120°?
  4. 4.🛞 A robot wheel has a diameter of 7 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  5. 5.📡 Which animal finds its way by echoes, like this sensor? (a) a cow (b) a bat (c) a snail (d) a goldfish
  6. 6.Which of these suits propellers? (a) a field of tall boulders (b) a muddy building site (c) a flat road (d) flying over a field
  7. 7.⚙️ Which gear set-up gives this: “the output is weaker”? (a) small drives big (b) big drives small
  8. 8.Which job needs a light sensor? (a) find the brightest spot (b) read a QR code (c) feel a bump into a wall (d) stop before a wall
  9. 9.⚙️ What are the bumps round the edge of a gear called? (a) spokes (b) pins (c) tyres (d) teeth
  10. 10.📡 Why do we halve the echo’s total path? (a) sound is slow (b) the sensor is half (c) it goes there and back (d) to make it smaller
  11. 11.🔢 To climb a steep ramp, a robot needs a gear ratio that is … (a) big (slow and strong) (b) small (fast, weak) (c) never important (d) zero
  12. 12.🦾 A servo moves from 110° to 180°. How many degrees does it turn?
  13. 13.🛞 The diameter of a wheel is how many times its radius? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
  14. 14.🔦 A robot has a left and a right light sensor. Below 50 means black. The left sensor reads 10 and the right sensor reads 40. Which sensor is over the black line? (a) the right sensor (b) both sensors (c) neither sensor (d) the left sensor
  15. 15.⚙️ 2 gears are in a row, each meshed with the next. Gear 1 turns clockwise. Which way does gear 2 turn? (a) anticlockwise (b) clockwise
  16. 16.🛞 A robot’s wheels have a diameter of 10 cm. Using π = 3.14, how far does the robot roll when the wheels turn 3 times (in cm)? =
  17. 17.📡 A robot stops if an object is closer than 100 cm. Its distance sensor hears the echo after 6 ms (sound: about 34 cm per ms). Does the robot stop? (a) No (b) Yes
  18. 18.🧭 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 60°, then right 180°. What does the gyro read now (0° to 359°)?
  19. 19.🛞 A motor’s 10-tooth gear drives a 30-tooth gear on the wheel axle. The wheels have a diameter of 35 cm (use π = 22/7). The motor turns 9 times. How far does the robot roll (in cm)?
  20. 20.🧭 How many degrees is a half turn (turn around)? (a) 360° (b) 180° (c) 90° (d) 45°
  21. 21.🛞 A robot has one motor on its left wheel and one on its right wheel. The left motor runs forward and the right motor runs forward. What does the robot do? (a) spins right on the spot (b) turns right (c) goes straight forward (d) turns left
  22. 22.📡 A robot is 200 cm from a wall and drives straight at it at 5 cm per second. How far from the wall is it after 30 seconds (in cm)?
  23. 23.🛞 Which way of moving suits this best: “crossing stepping-stones”? (a) propellers (b) wheels (c) legs (d) tracks
  24. 24.📡 Which object is hardest for an echo sensor to notice? (a) a metal door (b) a flat wall (c) a soft foam cushion (d) a wooden box
  25. 25.🛞 A robot wheel has a diameter of 14 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  26. 26.🔦 A light sensor reads 30 over black and 90 over white. A good threshold is halfway between them. What is it?
  27. 27.⚙️ 5 gears are in a row, each meshed with the next. Gear 1 turns anticlockwise. Which way does gear 5 turn? (a) clockwise (b) anticlockwise
  28. 28.⚙️ A big gear drives a small gear. The small gear turns … (a) at the same speed (b) slower but stronger (c) faster but weaker (d) not at all
  29. 29.📡 A robot is 110 cm from a wall and drives straight at it at 5 cm per second. How far from the wall is it after 4 seconds (in cm)?
  30. 30.📡 What does an ultrasonic distance sensor send out? (a) water drops (b) radio music (c) sound too high to hear (d) bright light
  31. 31.Which of these suits wheels? (a) a hospital corridor (b) crossing stepping-stones (c) stepping over wide gaps (d) a muddy building site
  32. 32.⚙️ An 8-tooth driver gear turns a 40-tooth driven gear. The driven gear turns 2 times. How many times did the driver turn?
  33. 33.🔍 Which sensor helps a robot spot a red ball? (a) a temperature sensor (b) a light sensor (c) a distance sensor (d) a camera
  34. 34.🔍 For a robot’s controller, is a sensor an input or an output? (a) an output (b) a wheel (c) an input (d) a gear
  35. 35.⚙️ A 10-tooth driver gear turns a 20-tooth driven gear. The driver turns 2 times. How many times does the driven gear turn?
  36. 36.🛞 A robot wheel has a radius of 7 cm. Using π = 22/7, what is its circumference (in cm)?
  37. 37.🛞 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?
  38. 38.🔦 A light sensor reads below 60 over a black line and above 60 over the white floor. It reads 56. What is under the sensor? (a) the black line (b) the white floor
  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 60 turns a minute. What does the robot do? (a) curves to the right (b) curves to the left (c) goes straight forward
  40. 40.🔍 Why do robots need sensors? (a) to use more power (b) to look colourful (c) to be heavier (d) to know their world

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. a servo motor
  3. 8
  4. 22
  5. a bat
  6. flying over a field
  7. big drives small
  8. find the brightest spot
  9. teeth
  10. it goes there and back
  11. big (slow and strong)
  12. 70
  13. 2
  14. both sensors
  15. anticlockwise
  16. 94.2
  17. No
  18. 300
  19. 330
  20. 180°
  21. goes straight forward
  22. 50
  23. legs
  24. a soft foam cushion
  25. 44
  26. 60
  27. anticlockwise
  28. faster but weaker
  29. 90
  30. sound too high to hear
  31. a hospital corridor
  32. 10
  33. a camera
  34. an input
  35. 1
  36. 44
  37. 2
  38. the black line
  39. curves to the left
  40. to know their world

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