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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 54 · 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 crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the robot turns left (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  17. 17.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) it plans the next move
  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 sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  31. 31.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  37. 37.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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