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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 781 · 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 comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  5. 5.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  7. 7.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  14. 14.🔢 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
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  20. 20.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  24. 24.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  33. 33.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  35. 35.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  40. 40.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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