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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 777 · 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 FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  4. 4.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  26. 26.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  33. 33.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  34. 34.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) a mic hears a clap
  39. 39.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

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

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