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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 439 · 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.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor checks distance
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a crash
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  16. 16.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  17. 17.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  26. 26.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  33. 33.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  35. 35.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes

Answer key

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

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