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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 586 · 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 sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a crash
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.🔢 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
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  23. 23.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) it counts the boxes (d) the program picks a path
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps

Answer key

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

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