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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 825 · 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: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  3. 3.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  10. 10.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) it counts the boxes
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  25. 25.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  33. 33.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  40. 40.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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