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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 762 · 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 robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  21. 21.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  24. 24.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  29. 29.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it plans the next move
  40. 40.🔢 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

Answer key

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

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