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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 404 · 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 camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  5. 5.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  8. 8.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  10. 10.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.🔢 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) it drives on
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 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) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  17. 17.🔢 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) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  24. 24.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  29. 29.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  33. 33.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin

Answer key

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

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