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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 352 · 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) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  5. 5.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it counts the boxes
  7. 7.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  11. 11.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  14. 14.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  16. 16.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  22. 22.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  25. 25.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path
  38. 38.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it

Answer key

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

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