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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 731 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  15. 15.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  17. 17.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  25. 25.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  29. 29.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

  1. the controller reads it
  2. the wheels spin
  3. the controller
  4. the controller reads it
  5. the motors
  6. sense
  7. True
  8. True
  9. the wheels spin
  10. the bumper is pressed
  11. think
  12. think
  13. it plans the next move
  14. a gyro feels a turn
  15. True
  16. the sensors
  17. a loop
  18. act
  19. think
  20. the program picks a path
  21. a camera spots a wall
  22. sense
  23. the robot turns left
  24. the motors turn it
  25. True
  26. False
  27. a mic hears a clap
  28. the gripper closes
  29. sense → think → act
  30. the bumper is pressed
  31. act
  32. False
  33. the bumper is pressed
  34. True
  35. False
  36. act
  37. sense
  38. sense
  39. a sensor reads light
  40. act

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