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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 56 · 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 gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  7. 7.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the motors
  10. 10.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  14. 14.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  16. 16.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  22. 22.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  24. 24.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  28. 28.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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