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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 552 · 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: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) it counts the boxes
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  15. 15.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  22. 22.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes
  27. 27.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  36. 36.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes

Answer key

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

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