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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 468 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  11. 11.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  13. 13.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 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
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it plans the next move (c) the wheels spin (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  31. 31.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed

Answer key

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

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