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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 57 · 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: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  7. 7.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  10. 10.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it plans the next move
  20. 20.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  24. 24.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  26. 26.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  30. 30.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 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 gyro feels a turn
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) an LED lights up (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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