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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 58 · 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 parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  2. 2.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor reads light
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  25. 25.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  27. 27.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the frame
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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