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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 73 · 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 the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  14. 14.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  19. 19.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🔢 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) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  36. 36.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  39. 39.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up

Answer key

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

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