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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 210 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  5. 5.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  10. 10.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  12. 12.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the camera
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  25. 25.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.🔢 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) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  34. 34.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  40. 40.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the controller

Answer key

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

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