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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 298 · 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 thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  2. 2.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 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
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  5. 5.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  12. 12.🔢 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
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  17. 17.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  20. 20.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  36. 36.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a crash
  37. 37.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  39. 39.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left

Answer key

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

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