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