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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 712 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  8. 8.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a gear
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  20. 20.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  27. 27.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  32. 32.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) the wheels spin
  33. 33.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed

Answer key

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

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