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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 816 · 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 loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  6. 6.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  10. 10.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 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
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  13. 13.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  16. 16.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the motors
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  27. 27.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  30. 30.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  34. 34.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the gripper closes
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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