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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 115 · 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.🔢 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
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  6. 6.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the motors
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  13. 13.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  22. 22.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  24. 24.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  34. 34.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  37. 37.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  40. 40.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear

Answer key

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

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