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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 228 · 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.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  11. 11.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  17. 17.🔍 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
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the sensors
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  33. 33.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  35. 35.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it counts the boxes
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  40. 40.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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