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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 502 · 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.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) a gyro feels a turn
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a crash
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  20. 20.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  28. 28.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  37. 37.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  39. 39.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn

Answer key

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

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