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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 401 · 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) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  3. 3.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  7. 7.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  9. 9.🔢 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
  10. 10.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  13. 13.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  17. 17.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  21. 21.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a battery
  22. 22.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  34. 34.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  39. 39.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light

Answer key

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

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