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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 728 · 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 gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  8. 8.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) a mic hears a clap
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  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 counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to stop
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left

Answer key

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

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