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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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