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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 156 · 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 gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  6. 6.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) a gyro feels a turn
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  17. 17.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  26. 26.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  27. 27.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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