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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 640 · 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) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  4. 4.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  19. 19.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  27. 27.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  37. 37.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop

Answer key

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

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