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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 418 · 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 of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  3. 3.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the frame
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  17. 17.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  38. 38.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the gripper closes (d) it plans the next move
  40. 40.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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