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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 792 · 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 is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  12. 12.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the frame
  14. 14.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) the arm lifts a box
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  21. 21.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) the arm lifts a box
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) the robot turns left (d) a buzzer beeps
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move

Answer key

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

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