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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 193 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  6. 6.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  7. 7.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  9. 9.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 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
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  17. 17.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  22. 22.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  37. 37.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

  1. act
  2. a loop
  3. the sensors
  4. think
  5. it drives on
  6. the controller
  7. False
  8. the robot turns left
  9. the bumper is pressed
  10. False
  11. the controller reads it
  12. the program picks a path
  13. the gripper closes
  14. the gripper closes
  15. it plans the next move
  16. the program picks a path
  17. True
  18. a gyro feels a turn
  19. a bumper is pressed
  20. the bumper is pressed
  21. sense → think → act
  22. False
  23. it decides to stop
  24. sense
  25. it decides to turn
  26. a mic hears a clap
  27. a sensor checks distance
  28. an LED lights up
  29. act
  30. a sensor reads light
  31. sense
  32. sense
  33. think
  34. False
  35. an LED lights up
  36. the motors turn it
  37. False
  38. it decides to turn
  39. act
  40. a gyro feels a turn

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