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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 783 · 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 program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes
  2. 2.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 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 motors turn it
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) a gyro feels a turn
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  14. 14.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  18. 18.🔢 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
  19. 19.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  34. 34.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  40. 40.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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