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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 559 · 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.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  7. 7.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a battery
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the frame
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  17. 17.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  20. 20.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  25. 25.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  28. 28.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  29. 29.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  35. 35.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) it plans the next move
  37. 37.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

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

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