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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 329 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  5. 5.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

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

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