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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 594 · 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 mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  20. 20.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) an LED lights up
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, 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) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  33. 33.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) the wheels spin
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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