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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 165 · 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.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  5. 5.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  16. 16.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  25. 25.🔢 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
  26. 26.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  33. 33.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  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.🔢 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
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left

Answer key

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

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