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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 167 · 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 buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  3. 3.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  6. 6.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  10. 10.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  31. 31.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  37. 37.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) the program picks a path
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  40. 40.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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