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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 505 · 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: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  12. 12.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  22. 22.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  24. 24.🔢 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
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  27. 27.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

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

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