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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 422 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) the arm lifts a box
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  19. 19.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  21. 21.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the camera
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) the program picks a path
  32. 32.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  38. 38.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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