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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 254 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  2. 2.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  10. 10.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  12. 12.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  14. 14.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  16. 16.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  28. 28.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  36. 36.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) it drives on
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap

Answer key

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

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