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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 808 · 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 camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  3. 3.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the frame
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  22. 22.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the robot turns left
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a camera spots a wall

Answer key

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

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