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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 268 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  5. 5.🔢 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) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  7. 7.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  13. 13.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  16. 16.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  20. 20.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  21. 21.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  35. 35.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light

Answer key

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

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