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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 779 · 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 plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the gripper closes
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the battery
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  10. 10.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it counts the boxes (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  18. 18.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) the arm lifts a box
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 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
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  35. 35.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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