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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 699 · 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 of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  3. 3.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  9. 9.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  18. 18.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.🔢 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
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it plans the next move
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  31. 31.🔢 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 motors turn it
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it plans the next move
  40. 40.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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