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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 338 · 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 camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  4. 4.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  7. 7.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it counts the boxes
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor reads light
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  34. 34.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  38. 38.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  40. 40.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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