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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 494 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  2. 2.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  19. 19.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  24. 24.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) the arm lifts a box
  30. 30.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the motors
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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