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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 192 · 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) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it counts the boxes
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  3. 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. 4.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  5. 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. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  8. 8.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  9. 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. 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. 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. 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. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 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. 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. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  20. 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. 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. 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. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  24. 24.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 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. 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. 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. 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. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 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. 33.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  37. 37.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 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. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

  1. a camera spots a wall
  2. the motors
  3. a loop
  4. False
  5. the controller reads it
  6. think
  7. think
  8. the controller
  9. sense → think → act
  10. the arm lifts a box
  11. a bumper is pressed
  12. it drives on
  13. sense
  14. False
  15. act
  16. the controller reads it
  17. it decides to turn
  18. act
  19. act
  20. it decides to stop
  21. an LED lights up
  22. a sensor reads light
  23. the sensors
  24. True
  25. it compares two numbers
  26. it decides to turn
  27. the program picks a path
  28. the motors turn it
  29. sense
  30. False
  31. True
  32. the controller reads it
  33. True
  34. sense
  35. False
  36. think
  37. False
  38. it counts the boxes
  39. act
  40. think

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