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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 603 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) it counts the boxes
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) the arm lifts a box
  18. 18.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  24. 24.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  25. 25.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  33. 33.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it plans the next move (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the camera
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps

Answer key

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

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