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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 363 · 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 sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  3. 3.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash
  19. 19.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  26. 26.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it counts the boxes
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  34. 34.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  36. 36.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

  1. a sensor reads light
  2. the sensors
  3. False
  4. it drives on
  5. the arm lifts a box
  6. the controller reads it
  7. the robot turns left
  8. the controller reads it
  9. act
  10. the controller
  11. False
  12. the bumper is pressed
  13. a buzzer beeps
  14. a camera spots a wall
  15. a bumper is pressed
  16. it decides to stop
  17. a camera spots a wall
  18. a loop
  19. True
  20. True
  21. the controller reads it
  22. think
  23. False
  24. the program picks a path
  25. the controller reads it
  26. True
  27. think
  28. it counts the boxes
  29. sense
  30. a bumper is pressed
  31. it counts the boxes
  32. think
  33. the bumper is pressed
  34. sense → think → act
  35. it compares two numbers
  36. False
  37. it decides to turn
  38. False
  39. sense
  40. sense

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