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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 642 · 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, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  2. 2.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  10. 10.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  22. 22.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) the arm lifts a box

Answer key

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

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