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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 105 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (The robot loop): Sense = taking in information with sensors (touch, light, sound, distance, camera). Think = the controller running the program and deciding. Act = doing something: motors move, a gripper grips, a buzzer beeps, a light shines. Then the loop starts again.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  9. 9.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  12. 12.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  25. 25.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  27. 27.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  33. 33.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) a gyro feels a turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move

Answer key

  1. the program picks a path
  2. it decides to turn
  3. act
  4. the controller reads it
  5. a loop
  6. act
  7. a sensor reads light
  8. it compares two numbers
  9. False
  10. it decides to turn
  11. it decides to turn
  12. True
  13. act
  14. False
  15. False
  16. the gripper closes
  17. a mic hears a clap
  18. a camera spots a wall
  19. a sensor reads light
  20. a bumper is pressed
  21. think
  22. the motors
  23. the wheels spin
  24. it counts the boxes
  25. False
  26. the motors turn it
  27. False
  28. a mic hears a clap
  29. True
  30. it drives on
  31. act
  32. the controller
  33. False
  34. sense → think → act
  35. it compares two numbers
  36. the arm lifts a box
  37. sense
  38. the gripper closes
  39. sense
  40. a bumper is pressed

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