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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 324 · 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.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  6. 6.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  9. 9.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  12. 12.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  13. 13.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  18. 18.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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