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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 142 · 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 gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  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) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  8. 8.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  14. 14.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  24. 24.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  31. 31.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  36. 36.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  37. 37.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 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
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

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

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