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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 622 · 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 of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  2. 2.🔢 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
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  23. 23.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to turn (d) an LED lights up
  28. 28.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  35. 35.🔢 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
  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: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  39. 39.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  40. 40.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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