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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 315 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  6. 6.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) it drives on
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the motors
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  28. 28.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  33. 33.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 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
  36. 36.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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