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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 242 · 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 comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  3. 3.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor reads light
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) a bumper is pressed
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  24. 24.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on

Answer key

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

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