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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 184 · 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.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🔢 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
  11. 11.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  19. 19.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 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
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  22. 22.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  26. 26.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  33. 33.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it

Answer key

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

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