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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 541 · 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: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a buzzer beeps
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  7. 7.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  10. 10.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  27. 27.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a crash
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  30. 30.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  40. 40.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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