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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 334 · 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: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  6. 6.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  12. 12.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.🔢 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
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  26. 26.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  35. 35.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on

Answer key

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

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