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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 127 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  6. 6.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  7. 7.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  9. 9.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  19. 19.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  37. 37.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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