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