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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 495 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  5. 5.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  12. 12.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 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
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  16. 16.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  29. 29.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  36. 36.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) the wheels spin
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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