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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 227 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the gripper closes
  6. 6.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  8. 8.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) a gyro feels a turn
  11. 11.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it plans the next move
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.🔢 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
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense

Answer key

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

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