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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 461 · 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) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  10. 10.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 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
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  13. 13.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  16. 16.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  22. 22.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  33. 33.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  39. 39.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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