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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 136 · 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 it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  8. 8.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the motors
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  17. 17.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  21. 21.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  26. 26.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  30. 30.🔢 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) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  31. 31.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) it counts the boxes
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the gripper closes
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash

Answer key

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

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