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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 769 · 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 turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the camera
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  12. 12.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) a gyro feels a turn
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) the program picks a path
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to stop (d) the arm lifts a box
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor checks distance

Answer key

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

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