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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

  1. act
  2. sense
  3. the bumper is pressed
  4. a buzzer beeps
  5. the bumper is pressed
  6. sense
  7. the motors
  8. sense
  9. it drives on
  10. a gyro feels a turn
  11. it drives on
  12. the controller reads it
  13. a bumper is pressed
  14. a buzzer beeps
  15. False
  16. a loop
  17. the gripper closes
  18. a sensor reads light
  19. act
  20. False
  21. a camera spots a wall
  22. the sensors
  23. a bumper is pressed
  24. True
  25. True
  26. the bumper is pressed
  27. the controller
  28. a gyro feels a turn
  29. True
  30. the program picks a path
  31. sense
  32. act
  33. False
  34. sense → think → act
  35. False
  36. the arm lifts a box
  37. an LED lights up
  38. think
  39. the motors turn it
  40. False

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