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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 513 · 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 compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  34. 34.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  38. 38.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think

Answer key

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

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