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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 600 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  4. 4.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  7. 7.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  12. 12.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 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
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 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
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  34. 34.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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