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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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