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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 110 · 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 a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the frame
  3. 3.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  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) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  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 sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor reads light
  25. 25.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  28. 28.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  33. 33.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the controller
  3. False
  4. the controller reads it
  5. it decides to stop
  6. sense
  7. a bumper is pressed
  8. think
  9. the bumper is pressed
  10. True
  11. the sensors
  12. a loop
  13. the bumper is pressed
  14. sense
  15. it counts the boxes
  16. act
  17. the arm lifts a box
  18. think
  19. it drives on
  20. it decides to turn
  21. the robot turns left
  22. the controller reads it
  23. think
  24. an LED lights up
  25. True
  26. it plans the next move
  27. the program picks a path
  28. True
  29. sense
  30. the bumper is pressed
  31. a sensor checks distance
  32. a sensor checks distance
  33. False
  34. act
  35. False
  36. the motors turn it
  37. False
  38. False
  39. the gripper closes
  40. the motors

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