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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 420 · 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 a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🔢 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
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  6. 6.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  11. 11.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the motors
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  16. 16.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  22. 22.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  24. 24.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  40. 40.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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