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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 400 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  4. 4.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor reads light
  7. 7.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the battery
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  33. 33.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  37. 37.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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