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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 763 · 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) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  4. 4.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.🔢 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
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  17. 17.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  27. 27.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🔢 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) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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