Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act
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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
- 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.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.🔢 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.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
- 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
- 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
- 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.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
- 14.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
- 15.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
- 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.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.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
- 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
- 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.🔢 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
- 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.🔍 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
- 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.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔍 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
- 36.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
- 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
Answer key
- sense
- an LED lights up
- the wheels spin
- the controller reads it
- True
- a gyro feels a turn
- think
- act
- the controller reads it
- a loop
- a camera spots a wall
- False
- think
- the motors
- False
- a camera spots a wall
- it counts the boxes
- False
- the gripper closes
- False
- act
- the sensors
- a bumper is pressed
- it decides to turn
- act
- it drives on
- the wheels spin
- sense
- the gripper closes
- True
- the bumper is pressed
- False
- sense → think → act
- the robot turns left
- act
- False
- the bumper is pressed
- True
- sense
- think
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