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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 270 · 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 the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  7. 7.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  11. 11.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  18. 18.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  23. 23.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  27. 27.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  35. 35.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  40. 40.🔢 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

Answer key

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

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