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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 288 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  2. 2.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  13. 13.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  27. 27.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  29. 29.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  40. 40.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the bumper is pressed
  2. True
  3. it decides to turn
  4. sense → think → act
  5. it decides to turn
  6. the robot turns left
  7. the motors turn it
  8. a buzzer beeps
  9. sense
  10. think
  11. it decides to stop
  12. a mic hears a clap
  13. True
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. False
  18. a gyro feels a turn
  19. it drives on
  20. the motors
  21. sense
  22. it counts the boxes
  23. it decides to stop
  24. act
  25. sense
  26. it decides to turn
  27. False
  28. a loop
  29. False
  30. act
  31. a mic hears a clap
  32. the bumper is pressed
  33. True
  34. act
  35. the wheels spin
  36. the bumper is pressed
  37. think
  38. a sensor reads light
  39. an LED lights up
  40. False

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