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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 801 · 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 LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  5. 5.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  7. 7.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  19. 19.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) a bumper is pressed
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a crash
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left

Answer key

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

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