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