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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 476 · 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 “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  7. 7.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  18. 18.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  21. 21.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the battery
  27. 27.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) a gyro feels a turn
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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