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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 241 · 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 part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  2. 2.🔢 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
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the battery
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  16. 16.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  19. 19.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  28. 28.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  34. 34.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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