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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 117 · 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 is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor reads light
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  8. 8.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  20. 20.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  27. 27.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  35. 35.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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