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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 333 · 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 parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  4. 4.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  6. 6.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  7. 7.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) the arm lifts a box
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  14. 14.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🔢 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
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  26. 26.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  28. 28.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the sensors
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  40. 40.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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