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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 733 · 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 it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  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 motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the motors
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the camera
  19. 19.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) the program picks a path
  21. 21.🔢 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 drives on (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) it drives on
  27. 27.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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