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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 423 · 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) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  6. 6.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  19. 19.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  37. 37.🔢 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 motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it counts the boxes
  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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps

Answer key

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

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