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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 302 · 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 sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  5. 5.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  12. 12.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  13. 13.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) an LED lights up
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  25. 25.🔢 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
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  31. 31.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

  1. a gyro feels a turn
  2. the wheels spin
  3. sense
  4. the bumper is pressed
  5. False
  6. a sensor checks distance
  7. True
  8. act
  9. think
  10. False
  11. the gripper closes
  12. the motors
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a bumper is pressed
  16. the sensors
  17. sense
  18. act
  19. a mic hears a clap
  20. a mic hears a clap
  21. it decides to stop
  22. sense
  23. the arm lifts a box
  24. the controller
  25. the motors turn it
  26. sense
  27. act
  28. a camera spots a wall
  29. it decides to turn
  30. think
  31. True
  32. it decides to turn
  33. the program picks a path
  34. the bumper is pressed
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. True
  39. sense
  40. think

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