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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 318 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  3. 3.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  8. 8.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  21. 21.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  28. 28.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

  1. a loop
  2. it drives on
  3. True
  4. the controller reads it
  5. act
  6. it drives on
  7. the arm lifts a box
  8. False
  9. True
  10. sense
  11. the gripper closes
  12. sense
  13. think
  14. True
  15. the motors turn it
  16. a sensor reads light
  17. True
  18. act
  19. False
  20. act
  21. True
  22. think
  23. True
  24. the motors
  25. sense
  26. it decides to turn
  27. the arm lifts a box
  28. False
  29. the controller
  30. a bumper is pressed
  31. the robot turns left
  32. a bumper is pressed
  33. a sensor checks distance
  34. the sensors
  35. it counts the boxes
  36. a buzzer beeps
  37. the wheels spin
  38. the program picks a path
  39. the bumper is pressed
  40. think

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