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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 155 · 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, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  6. 6.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  7. 7.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  16. 16.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  22. 22.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  32. 32.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a buzzer beeps
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  40. 40.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors

Answer key

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

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