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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 615 · 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 it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  9. 9.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  16. 16.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the camera
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  38. 38.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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