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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 208 · 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 motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  16. 16.🔢 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) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  29. 29.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  34. 34.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  37. 37.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think

Answer key

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

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