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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 729 · 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 parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  2. 2.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  5. 5.🔢 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) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  6. 6.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  17. 17.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  23. 23.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  30. 30.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  33. 33.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  37. 37.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  40. 40.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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