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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 518 · 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 motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  9. 9.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a crash
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  23. 23.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  32. 32.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  34. 34.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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