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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 332 · 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) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  7. 7.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  9. 9.🔢 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
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🔢 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
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  24. 24.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  30. 30.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop

Answer key

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

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