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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 536 · 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.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  3. 3.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the robot turns left (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) the arm lifts a box
  9. 9.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  10. 10.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  12. 12.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  16. 16.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) it counts the boxes
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  28. 28.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  35. 35.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

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

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