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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 441 · 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 turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  6. 6.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  7. 7.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  13. 13.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  17. 17.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  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) the controller reads it
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the motors
  27. 27.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  33. 33.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  35. 35.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left

Answer key

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

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