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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 484 · 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 is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) a mic hears a clap
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  17. 17.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  27. 27.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  35. 35.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes

Answer key

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

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