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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 606 · 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 gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  17. 17.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  19. 19.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  21. 21.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it counts the boxes
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash
  28. 28.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  32. 32.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (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) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) the arm lifts a box
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance

Answer key

  1. True
  2. the bumper is pressed
  3. act
  4. think
  5. the bumper is pressed
  6. act
  7. a buzzer beeps
  8. False
  9. act
  10. it drives on
  11. it decides to stop
  12. sense
  13. think
  14. sense
  15. the robot turns left
  16. the wheels spin
  17. True
  18. it decides to turn
  19. True
  20. a bumper is pressed
  21. True
  22. think
  23. False
  24. the motors
  25. a sensor checks distance
  26. the arm lifts a box
  27. a loop
  28. the sensors
  29. a camera spots a wall
  30. it drives on
  31. it plans the next move
  32. False
  33. False
  34. the bumper is pressed
  35. the gripper closes
  36. a mic hears a clap
  37. sense
  38. the arm lifts a box
  39. a camera spots a wall
  40. it decides to turn

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