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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 280 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the motors
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  15. 15.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a buzzer beeps
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  21. 21.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a battery
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  37. 37.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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