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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 438 · 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) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  4. 4.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  6. 6.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  15. 15.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  20. 20.🔢 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) it drives on
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to stop
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) a mic hears a clap
  37. 37.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall

Answer key

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

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