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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 181 · 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.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  8. 8.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  12. 12.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  17. 17.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) a gyro feels a turn
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  22. 22.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  25. 25.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  35. 35.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  36. 36.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  37. 37.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box

Answer key

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

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