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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 761 · 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 arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  7. 7.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  12. 12.🔢 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
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the sensors
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  20. 20.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (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 frame (d) the wheels
  27. 27.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 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
  29. 29.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  32. 32.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it

Answer key

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

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