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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 361 · 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 sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a bumper is pressed
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  12. 12.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  15. 15.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.🔢 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) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  38. 38.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

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

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