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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 776 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  4. 4.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  11. 11.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.🔢 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
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  20. 20.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  25. 25.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  36. 36.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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