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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 223 · 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 “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  7. 7.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the frame
  8. 8.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  17. 17.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  21. 21.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  23. 23.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  24. 24.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 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 drives on (d) it decides to turn
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  37. 37.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

  1. the motors
  2. sense
  3. a sensor reads light
  4. the gripper closes
  5. it compares two numbers
  6. it compares two numbers
  7. the controller
  8. True
  9. think
  10. a sensor checks distance
  11. a camera spots a wall
  12. a buzzer beeps
  13. it plans the next move
  14. sense
  15. the arm lifts a box
  16. the program picks a path
  17. True
  18. False
  19. a buzzer beeps
  20. the gripper closes
  21. True
  22. the sensors
  23. sense → think → act
  24. False
  25. True
  26. think
  27. it plans the next move
  28. a camera spots a wall
  29. True
  30. True
  31. the controller reads it
  32. sense
  33. the controller reads it
  34. think
  35. a mic hears a clap
  36. an LED lights up
  37. False
  38. the bumper is pressed
  39. act
  40. act

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