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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 147 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the battery
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  8. 8.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  10. 10.🔢 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
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor reads light
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  18. 18.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  37. 37.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box

Answer key

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

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