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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 164 · 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 loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  14. 14.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) a bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes
  27. 27.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  40. 40.🔢 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

Answer key

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

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