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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

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

Answer key

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

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