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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 171 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  15. 15.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  25. 25.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  27. 27.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  39. 39.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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