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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 81 · 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.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the gripper closes
  9. 9.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a crash
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  13. 13.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  15. 15.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) the program picks a path
  18. 18.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) a camera spots a wall
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  27. 27.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  34. 34.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  36. 36.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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