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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 628 · 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) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the gripper closes
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  5. 5.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the battery
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  22. 22.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor reads light
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a crash
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the camera
  32. 32.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  34. 34.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  37. 37.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 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
  39. 39.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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