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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 204 · 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 parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  2. 2.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  13. 13.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  16. 16.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  23. 23.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  26. 26.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  28. 28.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  37. 37.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin

Answer key

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

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