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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 170 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  6. 6.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  24. 24.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  36. 36.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps

Answer key

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

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