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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 752 · 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 LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  3. 3.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  8. 8.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path
  11. 11.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the robot turns left
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  21. 21.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  24. 24.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  32. 32.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  34. 34.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  38. 38.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance

Answer key

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

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