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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 612 · 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 an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  21. 21.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  23. 23.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  29. 29.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps

Answer key

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

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