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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 373 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a battery
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  3. 3.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  17. 17.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) it counts the boxes (d) the program picks a path
  24. 24.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  27. 27.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  38. 38.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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