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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 778 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  2. 2.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the motors
  9. 9.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the gripper closes (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  17. 17.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) an LED lights up (d) it compares two numbers
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  40. 40.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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