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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 621 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  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) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it counts the boxes
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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