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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 583 · 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 thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  10. 10.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the program picks a path
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  27. 27.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  39. 39.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left

Answer key

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

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