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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 252 · 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 sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  3. 3.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  30. 30.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  31. 31.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  33. 33.🔢 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 bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  39. 39.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop

Answer key

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

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