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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 665 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  3. 3.🔢 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
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.🔢 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
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) it compares two numbers
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  16. 16.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  22. 22.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  27. 27.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  32. 32.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🔢 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 controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  36. 36.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box

Answer key

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

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