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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 460 · 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 bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  2. 2.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  6. 6.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  14. 14.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to stop
  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 of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  25. 25.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  29. 29.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  33. 33.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the gripper closes
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin

Answer key

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

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