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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 261 · 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 acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  8. 8.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  27. 27.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  35. 35.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  37. 37.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  40. 40.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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