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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 631 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor reads light
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a battery
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  24. 24.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  29. 29.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  38. 38.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think

Answer key

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

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