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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 507 · 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) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a gear
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it counts the boxes
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  12. 12.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  28. 28.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  33. 33.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  38. 38.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  40. 40.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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