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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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