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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 813 · 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.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the frame
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  35. 35.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin

Answer key

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

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