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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 467 · 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 the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) the arm lifts a box
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) it decides to turn (d) the wheels spin
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  17. 17.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  20. 20.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  33. 33.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  36. 36.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  40. 40.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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