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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 727 · 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 a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  5. 5.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  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.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  22. 22.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  31. 31.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  35. 35.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed

Answer key

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

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