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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 497 · 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: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  8. 8.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  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 thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  19. 19.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  21. 21.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  31. 31.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  33. 33.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  35. 35.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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