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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 66 · 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 part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  3. 3.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  9. 9.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🔢 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
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  35. 35.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn

Answer key

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

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