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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 482 · 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 arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a crash
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the camera
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  19. 19.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  25. 25.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the frame
  26. 26.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  31. 31.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

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

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