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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 607 · 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 camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  4. 4.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  10. 10.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  13. 13.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  14. 14.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  17. 17.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  23. 23.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  24. 24.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  29. 29.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  33. 33.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  39. 39.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. it compares two numbers
  4. True
  5. False
  6. it decides to turn
  7. it counts the boxes
  8. act
  9. the controller
  10. False
  11. the program picks a path
  12. act
  13. a loop
  14. True
  15. the arm lifts a box
  16. the motors
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a camera spots a wall
  20. the bumper is pressed
  21. the robot turns left
  22. the controller reads it
  23. sense → think → act
  24. False
  25. it decides to turn
  26. an LED lights up
  27. it plans the next move
  28. it decides to turn
  29. True
  30. False
  31. True
  32. it decides to turn
  33. True
  34. the robot turns left
  35. False
  36. act
  37. it drives on
  38. the wheels spin
  39. the motors turn it
  40. a sensor checks distance

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