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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 493 · 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, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  2. 2.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  4. 4.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  13. 13.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 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
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box
  29. 29.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  36. 36.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  40. 40.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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