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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 74 · 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 is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  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: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  5. 5.🔢 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
  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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  16. 16.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  18. 18.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  21. 21.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it plans the next move
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  33. 33.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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