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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 444 · 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) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  14. 14.🔢 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  21. 21.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  24. 24.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.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) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap

Answer key

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

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