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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 797 · 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 of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) the program picks a path (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  15. 15.🔍 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 plans the next move
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  23. 23.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  29. 29.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it plans the next move (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  34. 34.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  37. 37.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) 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. a gyro feels a turn
  2. a loop
  3. sense
  4. False
  5. False
  6. sense
  7. think
  8. the motors
  9. sense
  10. False
  11. False
  12. the arm lifts a box
  13. the wheels spin
  14. think
  15. a mic hears a clap
  16. act
  17. a camera spots a wall
  18. think
  19. it decides to turn
  20. act
  21. it drives on
  22. sense → think → act
  23. True
  24. it counts the boxes
  25. act
  26. the robot turns left
  27. think
  28. a bumper is pressed
  29. True
  30. think
  31. the sensors
  32. it plans the next move
  33. it decides to turn
  34. the controller
  35. the controller reads it
  36. the program picks a path
  37. False
  38. the gripper closes
  39. the motors turn it
  40. the bumper is pressed

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