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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 677 · 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: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  2. 2.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🔍 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
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash
  6. 6.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  22. 22.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🔢 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
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the battery
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  35. 35.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn

Answer key

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

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