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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 489 · 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.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  2. 2.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  4. 4.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a crash
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  19. 19.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  21. 21.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔢 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
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  33. 33.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  35. 35.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  38. 38.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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