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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 758 · 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 it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  4. 4.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  21. 21.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  29. 29.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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