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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 814 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  2. 2.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  4. 4.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a crash
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  13. 13.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  22. 22.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  32. 32.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  35. 35.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed

Answer key

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

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