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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 80 · 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) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the motors
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  19. 19.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  39. 39.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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