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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 780 · 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 acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  2. 2.🔢 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
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a gyro feels a turn
  9. 9.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) the arm lifts a box
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  14. 14.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  16. 16.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  25. 25.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) an LED lights up
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) the wheels spin
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn

Answer key

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

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