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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 692 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the wheels spin (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  11. 11.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  30. 30.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  40. 40.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. sense → think → act
  2. act
  3. think
  4. the controller reads it
  5. the bumper is pressed
  6. False
  7. the gripper closes
  8. the wheels spin
  9. it decides to turn
  10. the motors turn it
  11. False
  12. it decides to turn
  13. a camera spots a wall
  14. think
  15. a loop
  16. a mic hears a clap
  17. the sensors
  18. the arm lifts a box
  19. it decides to turn
  20. act
  21. sense
  22. a buzzer beeps
  23. False
  24. think
  25. False
  26. sense
  27. the controller
  28. False
  29. the controller reads it
  30. False
  31. a camera spots a wall
  32. True
  33. False
  34. a sensor reads light
  35. it decides to stop
  36. act
  37. False
  38. it decides to stop
  39. sense
  40. True

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