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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 109 · 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.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) it compares two numbers
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) it compares two numbers
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  17. 17.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  23. 23.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  25. 25.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 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) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  32. 32.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. the wheels spin
  3. a sensor checks distance
  4. act
  5. a sensor checks distance
  6. sense
  7. the gripper closes
  8. False
  9. a gyro feels a turn
  10. it compares two numbers
  11. the robot turns left
  12. it plans the next move
  13. an LED lights up
  14. sense
  15. a camera spots a wall
  16. sense
  17. sense → think → act
  18. a sensor reads light
  19. act
  20. act
  21. it decides to turn
  22. the bumper is pressed
  23. True
  24. the bumper is pressed
  25. True
  26. a gyro feels a turn
  27. the controller reads it
  28. it drives on
  29. False
  30. False
  31. the controller reads it
  32. False
  33. the motors turn it
  34. it decides to turn
  35. the program picks a path
  36. it decides to turn
  37. sense
  38. it drives on
  39. act
  40. True

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