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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 403 · 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 gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it plans the next move
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.🔢 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) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  22. 22.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 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 motors turn it
  39. 39.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

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

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