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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 818 · 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 mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  19. 19.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  24. 24.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  30. 30.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) it counts the boxes
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move

Answer key

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

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