Quiz: Touch Sensor

What is the name of this sensor?

• Touch

• Push

• Weapon

• Motor

What is the advantage of Sensor Control over the Basic Movement Commands?

• The robot can use little to no battery power.

• The robot can levitate if enough sensors are used.

• The robot can react to its environment.

• There is no big advantage.

Why are sensors important to robots?

• They allow multiple commands to run in order

• They give the robot information about its surroundings

• They allow robots to repeat similar tasks

• All of the above

Sensors can be plugged into the following ports.

• A,B,C
• 1,2,3,4
• A,B,C,1,2,3,4
• B,C 

What does the wait-Sensor block allow you to do?

• Allow the robot to keep doing what it was doing until what the command is set to wait for has happened

• Force the robot to stop until what the command is set to wait for has happened

• Wait for an until command block to be processed before moving on

• Wait is not a valid name for a command

What is the name of this part?

• EV3 Brick

• Medium Motor

• Large Motor

• Touch Sensor

An NXT and EV3 sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the brick whether its contact area is pushed or not.

• Touch Sensor 
• Touch
• Comment
• Sensor

A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment, and conveys information to the robot in electric form.

• Robot
• Sensor
• Color
• Loop

When working in a group for robotics, students should  

• stay on task but don't work with other group members
• Socialize with group members outside of your group and then work alone
• Socialize with other group members and don't help your group
• stay on task and work with other group members appropriately

allows the robot to perform desired tasks without human guidance.

• Autonomous
• robot
• subsystem
• manipilators