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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 782 · 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) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.🔢 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
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  12. 12.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a battery
  13. 13.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  18. 18.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  27. 27.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the frame
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  35. 35.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

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

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