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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 605 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  3. 3.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  5. 5.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  11. 11.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  25. 25.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  34. 34.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  38. 38.🔢 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
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin

Answer key

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

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