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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 180 · 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 crash (d) a loop
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) the arm lifts a box
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  17. 17.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move
  31. 31.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  34. 34.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the gripper closes
  38. 38.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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