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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 433 · 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) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  17. 17.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  20. 20.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it counts the boxes
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  37. 37.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light

Answer key

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

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