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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 434 · 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) a buzzer beeps (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  16. 16.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  20. 20.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  26. 26.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  29. 29.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  38. 38.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn

Answer key

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

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