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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 742 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the camera
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  8. 8.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) the arm lifts a box
  24. 24.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  25. 25.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  37. 37.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance

Answer key

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

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