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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 492 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor reads light
  3. 3.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the motors
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  17. 17.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  28. 28.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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