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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 435 · 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 camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  8. 8.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  9. 9.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  13. 13.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  19. 19.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  30. 30.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  37. 37.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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