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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 753 · 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.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  32. 32.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 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 motors turn it
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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