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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 174 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  3. 3.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  5. 5.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  9. 9.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  12. 12.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  20. 20.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  22. 22.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  23. 23.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the battery
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  36. 36.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  39. 39.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance

Answer key

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

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