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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 751 · 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) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  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 bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  13. 13.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  16. 16.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  19. 19.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  23. 23.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  25. 25.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  27. 27.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  37. 37.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it

Answer key

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

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