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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 826 · 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 bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) the arm lifts a box
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🔢 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
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) it compares two numbers
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  32. 32.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the program picks a path (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap

Answer key

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

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