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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 139 · 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, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the program picks a path
  3. 3.🔢 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
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  6. 6.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  7. 7.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  9. 9.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a crash
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  12. 12.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  14. 14.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  20. 20.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  26. 26.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  28. 28.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  29. 29.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the program picks a path
  33. 33.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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