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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 771 · 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 sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) the arm lifts a box
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  6. 6.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  7. 7.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  12. 12.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  16. 16.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) it plans the next move
  19. 19.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) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) the program picks a path
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

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

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