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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 718 · 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: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  10. 10.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.🔢 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
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a battery
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) a camera spots a wall
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  36. 36.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move
  38. 38.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes

Answer key

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

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