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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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