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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 419 · 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.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) a mic hears a clap
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  5. 5.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  17. 17.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  29. 29.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  31. 31.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  38. 38.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a gear
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box

Answer key

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

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