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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 292 · 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 of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) the robot turns left
  10. 10.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor reads light
  12. 12.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the motors
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  16. 16.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to turn (d) a gyro feels a turn
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🔢 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
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up

Answer key

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

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