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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 756 · 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) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  30. 30.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  31. 31.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor reads light
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  40. 40.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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