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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 575 · 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.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  10. 10.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  16. 16.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  17. 17.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  28. 28.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

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

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