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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 395 · 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.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  16. 16.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  21. 21.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  25. 25.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  28. 28.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  33. 33.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 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) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes

Answer key

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

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