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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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