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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 800 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  5. 5.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor reads light (d) it plans the next move
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it compares two numbers (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  20. 20.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  32. 32.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the wheels spin
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  38. 38.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think

Answer key

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

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