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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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