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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 636 · 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, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) a camera spots a wall
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the sensors
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  9. 9.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  12. 12.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  17. 17.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  27. 27.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  34. 34.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin

Answer key

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

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