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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 623 · 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 a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  13. 13.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  22. 22.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  26. 26.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  32. 32.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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