← Sense, think, act lesson New set →

Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 789 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

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

Free robotics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/robotics-for-kids