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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 345 · 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 parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  2. 2.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the camera
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  16. 16.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  19. 19.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  33. 33.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  35. 35.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed

Answer key

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

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