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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 739 · 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, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  2. 2.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the camera
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) a gyro feels a turn
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) a gyro feels a turn
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  14. 14.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  29. 29.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  36. 36.🔢 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) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  37. 37.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  40. 40.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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