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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 150 · 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: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🔢 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
  14. 14.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  22. 22.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  26. 26.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it plans the next move (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes

Answer key

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

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