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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 190 · 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 of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  2. 2.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  12. 12.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  18. 18.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) the program picks a path
  33. 33.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  39. 39.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it

Answer key

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

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