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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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