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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 226 · 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 loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  8. 8.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  25. 25.🔢 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
  26. 26.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  27. 27.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  39. 39.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up

Answer key

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

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