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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 219 · 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 frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a gear
  5. 5.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) an LED lights up
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  8. 8.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  19. 19.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  28. 28.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  33. 33.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

  1. the sensors
  2. the bumper is pressed
  3. the wheels spin
  4. a loop
  5. True
  6. an LED lights up
  7. the controller reads it
  8. True
  9. it compares two numbers
  10. a buzzer beeps
  11. a sensor checks distance
  12. it decides to stop
  13. a mic hears a clap
  14. the program picks a path
  15. the bumper is pressed
  16. False
  17. act
  18. the wheels spin
  19. sense → think → act
  20. the bumper is pressed
  21. it decides to turn
  22. think
  23. the controller
  24. the bumper is pressed
  25. a gyro feels a turn
  26. think
  27. a bumper is pressed
  28. False
  29. an LED lights up
  30. a mic hears a clap
  31. sense
  32. a gyro feels a turn
  33. True
  34. act
  35. the program picks a path
  36. a sensor reads light
  37. it drives on
  38. act
  39. sense
  40. think

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