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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 295 · 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 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. 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. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 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. 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. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  9. 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. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 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. 13.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 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. 15.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 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. 19.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 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. 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. 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. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 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. 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. 26.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 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. 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. 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. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  31. 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. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 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. 34.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  36. 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. 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. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  39. 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. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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