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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 498 · 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 mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  2. 2.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) a gyro feels a turn
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  5. 5.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  9. 9.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  16. 16.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  20. 20.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes

Answer key

  1. sense
  2. True
  3. a gyro feels a turn
  4. a bumper is pressed
  5. True
  6. act
  7. the bumper is pressed
  8. sense → think → act
  9. False
  10. True
  11. sense
  12. an LED lights up
  13. the program picks a path
  14. the program picks a path
  15. the motors
  16. False
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a sensor reads light
  20. True
  21. a bumper is pressed
  22. True
  23. it decides to turn
  24. act
  25. think
  26. think
  27. it decides to turn
  28. think
  29. the sensors
  30. a camera spots a wall
  31. the gripper closes
  32. it decides to turn
  33. False
  34. the bumper is pressed
  35. it drives on
  36. False
  37. the bumper is pressed
  38. a gyro feels a turn
  39. the wheels spin
  40. it decides to stop

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