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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 326 · 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 wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a battery
  3. 3.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  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.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  16. 16.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  17. 17.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  18. 18.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  27. 27.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  30. 30.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn

Answer key

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

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