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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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