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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 466 · 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 it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the gripper closes (d) it plans the next move
  4. 4.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  6. 6.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  16. 16.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  19. 19.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  21. 21.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to stop
  38. 38.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor reads light
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

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

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