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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 75 · 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 parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  4. 4.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  14. 14.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.🔢 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 motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  20. 20.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it counts the boxes (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  33. 33.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) the robot turns left
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  38. 38.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

  1. the motors
  2. act
  3. the wheels spin
  4. False
  5. the gripper closes
  6. a buzzer beeps
  7. it decides to turn
  8. the wheels spin
  9. it decides to turn
  10. a sensor reads light
  11. the program picks a path
  12. act
  13. the sensors
  14. False
  15. the bumper is pressed
  16. it compares two numbers
  17. the motors turn it
  18. the controller
  19. a sensor checks distance
  20. True
  21. act
  22. think
  23. act
  24. sense
  25. a camera spots a wall
  26. sense
  27. it counts the boxes
  28. sense
  29. True
  30. True
  31. a bumper is pressed
  32. an LED lights up
  33. True
  34. think
  35. False
  36. it counts the boxes
  37. it decides to turn
  38. a loop
  39. sense
  40. the program picks a path

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