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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 347 · 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 gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  3. 3.🔢 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
  4. 4.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the motors
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) a camera spots a wall
  14. 14.🔢 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
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  16. 16.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  26. 26.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  31. 31.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on

Answer key

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

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