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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 506 · 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) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  7. 7.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  14. 14.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  18. 18.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) an LED lights up (d) it compares two numbers
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  29. 29.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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