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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 522 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the motors
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  4. 4.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  10. 10.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) the program picks a path
  18. 18.🔢 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 motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the camera
  32. 32.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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