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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 382 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  2. 2.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the camera
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  16. 16.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  18. 18.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) it counts the boxes
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  21. 21.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a gear
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  26. 26.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  33. 33.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

  1. the bumper is pressed
  2. sense → think → act
  3. a sensor checks distance
  4. think
  5. a bumper is pressed
  6. think
  7. the controller reads it
  8. the bumper is pressed
  9. the gripper closes
  10. the motors
  11. False
  12. it decides to turn
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a gyro feels a turn
  16. the controller
  17. it decides to stop
  18. False
  19. it counts the boxes
  20. sense
  21. a loop
  22. a gyro feels a turn
  23. the wheels spin
  24. act
  25. a sensor reads light
  26. True
  27. act
  28. the wheels spin
  29. the sensors
  30. a bumper is pressed
  31. it counts the boxes
  32. a camera spots a wall
  33. True
  34. act
  35. True
  36. the bumper is pressed
  37. sense
  38. it decides to turn
  39. False
  40. think

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