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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 340 · 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) an LED lights up (b) the program picks a path (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.🔢 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) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🔢 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
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  29. 29.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the frame
  32. 32.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box

Answer key

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

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