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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 414 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) it compares two numbers
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  19. 19.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  34. 34.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor reads light
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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