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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 202 · 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: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  7. 7.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  8. 8.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🔢 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
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  16. 16.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  21. 21.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  30. 30.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  39. 39.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on

Answer key

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

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