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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 716 · 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 bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  2. 2.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  5. 5.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 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) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  24. 24.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  28. 28.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  32. 32.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  39. 39.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the gripper closes
  2. sense → think → act
  3. sense
  4. the controller reads it
  5. False
  6. act
  7. False
  8. it drives on
  9. the sensors
  10. the wheels spin
  11. it compares two numbers
  12. it drives on
  13. a camera spots a wall
  14. think
  15. act
  16. the bumper is pressed
  17. sense
  18. sense
  19. the controller reads it
  20. False
  21. the motors turn it
  22. the bumper is pressed
  23. it decides to stop
  24. the controller
  25. the robot turns left
  26. the controller reads it
  27. sense
  28. False
  29. True
  30. think
  31. a camera spots a wall
  32. True
  33. False
  34. the motors
  35. think
  36. think
  37. act
  38. think
  39. True
  40. False

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