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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 446 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a battery
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  15. 15.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  24. 24.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  36. 36.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  40. 40.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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