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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 694 · 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.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  8. 8.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  17. 17.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  24. 24.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) the arm lifts a box
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  34. 34.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  36. 36.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  37. 37.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box

Answer key

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

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