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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 162 · 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 is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  5. 5.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  12. 12.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  14. 14.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  22. 22.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  35. 35.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  37. 37.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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