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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 258 · 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) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  7. 7.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  17. 17.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.🔢 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
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) it plans the next move
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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