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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 341 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  6. 6.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  24. 24.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  27. 27.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) a camera spots a wall
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on

Answer key

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

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