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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 436 · 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 decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  2. 2.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  4. 4.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  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) a bumper is pressed (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  26. 26.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the frame
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  36. 36.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  40. 40.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense

Answer key

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

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