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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 450 · 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: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  2. 2.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  7. 7.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  8. 8.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  13. 13.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  19. 19.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  22. 22.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  28. 28.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  34. 34.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  40. 40.🔢 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

Answer key

  1. the bumper is pressed
  2. False
  3. it decides to turn
  4. the sensors
  5. sense
  6. the arm lifts a box
  7. sense → think → act
  8. False
  9. it decides to stop
  10. it decides to turn
  11. think
  12. the controller
  13. True
  14. a gyro feels a turn
  15. act
  16. the wheels spin
  17. think
  18. a loop
  19. True
  20. it drives on
  21. it decides to turn
  22. True
  23. False
  24. a bumper is pressed
  25. the controller reads it
  26. think
  27. it drives on
  28. True
  29. think
  30. act
  31. sense
  32. a camera spots a wall
  33. it plans the next move
  34. False
  35. True
  36. the program picks a path
  37. True
  38. sense
  39. the bumper is pressed
  40. the bumper is pressed

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