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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 44 · 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 robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  2. 2.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  4. 4.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  7. 7.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  24. 24.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  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.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) an LED lights up
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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