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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 279 · 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) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the motors
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  8. 8.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  10. 10.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  13. 13.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  16. 16.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  23. 23.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  28. 28.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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