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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 455 · 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 a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  4. 4.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  13. 13.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  18. 18.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  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. True
  2. sense
  3. a mic hears a clap
  4. False
  5. it plans the next move
  6. the bumper is pressed
  7. the gripper closes
  8. the bumper is pressed
  9. the wheels spin
  10. an LED lights up
  11. the wheels spin
  12. the robot turns left
  13. False
  14. sense → think → act
  15. sense
  16. True
  17. it counts the boxes
  18. True
  19. act
  20. the program picks a path
  21. sense
  22. the program picks a path
  23. the sensors
  24. think
  25. the controller
  26. sense
  27. sense
  28. a gyro feels a turn
  29. act
  30. False
  31. a camera spots a wall
  32. an LED lights up
  33. it drives on
  34. think
  35. False
  36. a camera spots a wall
  37. the gripper closes
  38. it decides to turn
  39. a loop
  40. the bumper is pressed

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