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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 283 · 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 a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  12. 12.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  21. 21.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 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
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the gripper closes
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  29. 29.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  32. 32.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  35. 35.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  38. 38.🔢 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
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

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

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