← Sense, think, act lesson New set →

Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 188 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. sense → think → act
  2. sense
  3. a loop
  4. a gyro feels a turn
  5. True
  6. it decides to turn
  7. False
  8. it compares two numbers
  9. True
  10. the controller reads it
  11. the motors
  12. it compares two numbers
  13. it decides to stop
  14. sense
  15. the sensors
  16. the controller reads it
  17. the gripper closes
  18. sense
  19. the arm lifts a box
  20. think
  21. the motors turn it
  22. think
  23. a camera spots a wall
  24. True
  25. a camera spots a wall
  26. a mic hears a clap
  27. True
  28. act
  29. act
  30. sense
  31. a sensor reads light
  32. the bumper is pressed
  33. think
  34. False
  35. the robot turns left
  36. the bumper is pressed
  37. the robot turns left
  38. the bumper is pressed
  39. a buzzer beeps
  40. it decides to turn

Free robotics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/robotics-for-kids