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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 700 · 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: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  29. 29.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 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 gripper closes
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  34. 34.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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