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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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