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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 582 · 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 acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  4. 4.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  23. 23.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  32. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  36. 36.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance

Answer key

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

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