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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 823 · 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 comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  2. 2.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  14. 14.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  17. 17.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up

Answer key

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

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