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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 737 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  6. 6.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the program
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  13. 13.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  28. 28.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  32. 32.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor reads light
  39. 39.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

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

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