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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 447 · 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 the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  4. 4.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔢 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
  29. 29.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 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 controller reads it (d) it drives on
  31. 31.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor reads light
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn

Answer key

  1. True
  2. the motors turn it
  3. the bumper is pressed
  4. False
  5. sense
  6. sense
  7. the gripper closes
  8. True
  9. True
  10. it decides to stop
  11. the gripper closes
  12. it counts the boxes
  13. a camera spots a wall
  14. act
  15. the wheels spin
  16. the controller reads it
  17. a sensor checks distance
  18. sense → think → act
  19. think
  20. it decides to turn
  21. the wheels spin
  22. the program picks a path
  23. act
  24. an LED lights up
  25. think
  26. True
  27. sense
  28. the motors turn it
  29. True
  30. the bumper is pressed
  31. False
  32. True
  33. sense
  34. sense
  35. True
  36. the program picks a path
  37. act
  38. think
  39. a sensor reads light
  40. the bumper is pressed

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