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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 637 · 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 of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a crash
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  22. 22.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  27. 27.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  33. 33.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  34. 34.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) the program picks a path
  39. 39.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall

Answer key

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

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