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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 811 · 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 an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  5. 5.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  10. 10.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a crash
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  37. 37.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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