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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 796 · 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 gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  5. 5.🔢 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 motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  27. 27.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  29. 29.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap

Answer key

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

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