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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 396 · 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 sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash
  5. 5.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to turn
  11. 11.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  19. 19.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  20. 20.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 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) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  29. 29.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap

Answer key

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

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