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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 625 · 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 is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  27. 27.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.🔢 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 motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🔢 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

Answer key

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

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