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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 787 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.🔢 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
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  25. 25.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) the wheels spin
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

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

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