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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 674 · 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 parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a gear
  8. 8.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 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
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  13. 13.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  21. 21.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  24. 24.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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