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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 129 · 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 camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  4. 4.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  6. 6.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  12. 12.🔢 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 controller reads it
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  15. 15.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it counts the boxes
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  25. 25.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  28. 28.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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