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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 620 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  8. 8.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a mic hears a clap
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  22. 22.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  31. 31.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it

Answer key

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

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