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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 701 · 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 turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  12. 12.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a battery
  19. 19.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  25. 25.🔢 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
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  29. 29.🔢 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 drives on (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the motors
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  36. 36.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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