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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 822 · 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 gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  7. 7.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  15. 15.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  25. 25.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn

Answer key

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

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