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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 82 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  2. 2.🔢 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
  3. 3.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  6. 6.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  10. 10.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  18. 18.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a bumper is pressed
  25. 25.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) the wheels spin
  33. 33.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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