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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 259 · 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.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  16. 16.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  18. 18.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) the arm lifts a box
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes

Answer key

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

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