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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 416 · 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 gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  3. 3.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  14. 14.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  20. 20.🔢 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
  21. 21.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on

Answer key

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

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