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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 378 · 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 acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  2. 2.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  19. 19.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  28. 28.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  31. 31.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  38. 38.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap

Answer key

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

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