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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 187 · 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 loop (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a crash
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor reads light (d) it compares two numbers
  16. 16.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  21. 21.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  27. 27.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  34. 34.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  40. 40.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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