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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 799 · 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 FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  8. 8.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor reads light
  13. 13.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  15. 15.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  22. 22.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  26. 26.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  40. 40.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the motors

Answer key

  1. the bumper is pressed
  2. a buzzer beeps
  3. the controller reads it
  4. sense → think → act
  5. sense
  6. the arm lifts a box
  7. the motors
  8. False
  9. it decides to turn
  10. the motors turn it
  11. think
  12. the robot turns left
  13. a loop
  14. act
  15. True
  16. act
  17. an LED lights up
  18. sense
  19. True
  20. False
  21. it decides to turn
  22. True
  23. the controller reads it
  24. it decides to turn
  25. a bumper is pressed
  26. False
  27. the controller
  28. the bumper is pressed
  29. a sensor checks distance
  30. a buzzer beeps
  31. a camera spots a wall
  32. think
  33. a sensor checks distance
  34. it plans the next move
  35. it decides to stop
  36. act
  37. think
  38. it counts the boxes
  39. the motors turn it
  40. the sensors

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