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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 413 · 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 parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  3. 3.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to turn
  6. 6.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  13. 13.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  19. 19.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  22. 22.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  27. 27.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  37. 37.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors

Answer key

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

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