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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 688 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) it decides to turn (d) a gyro feels a turn
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  16. 16.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it plans the next move (d) a gyro feels a turn
  21. 21.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  30. 30.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  38. 38.🔢 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
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a loop
  2. the robot turns left
  3. act
  4. the wheels spin
  5. False
  6. sense
  7. True
  8. False
  9. False
  10. a gyro feels a turn
  11. it drives on
  12. a mic hears a clap
  13. sense
  14. the sensors
  15. the controller reads it
  16. True
  17. a bumper is pressed
  18. it decides to turn
  19. a camera spots a wall
  20. it plans the next move
  21. False
  22. the wheels spin
  23. sense
  24. a camera spots a wall
  25. a bumper is pressed
  26. it decides to turn
  27. the bumper is pressed
  28. think
  29. the controller
  30. True
  31. the bumper is pressed
  32. a buzzer beeps
  33. it decides to stop
  34. an LED lights up
  35. think
  36. act
  37. it drives on
  38. the bumper is pressed
  39. act
  40. True

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