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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 220 · 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 of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  12. 12.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  34. 34.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  37. 37.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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