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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 70 · 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 sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  10. 10.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  12. 12.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🔢 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
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the battery
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  20. 20.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  23. 23.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  35. 35.🔢 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) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  37. 37.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 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
  39. 39.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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