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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 337 · 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 part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  2. 2.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  9. 9.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  17. 17.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.🔢 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
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) the wheels spin
  22. 22.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  29. 29.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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