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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 78 · 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 of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  6. 6.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  23. 23.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  38. 38.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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