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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 275 · 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) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) a buzzer beeps
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  17. 17.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  29. 29.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  34. 34.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light

Answer key

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

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