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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 161 · 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 decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a battery
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  13. 13.🔢 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 controller reads it (d) it drives on
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  16. 16.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.🔢 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
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  36. 36.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🔢 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) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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