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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 406 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  7. 7.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  27. 27.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin

Answer key

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

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