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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 774 · 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 stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  14. 14.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  16. 16.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  30. 30.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up

Answer key

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

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