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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 770 · 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 a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  10. 10.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  13. 13.🔢 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
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  17. 17.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  19. 19.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  25. 25.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) the arm lifts a box
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  32. 32.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  38. 38.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

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

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