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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 828 · 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.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) a buzzer beeps
  6. 6.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  19. 19.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a battery
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  21. 21.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the frame
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  24. 24.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) it drives on
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  26. 26.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think

Answer key

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

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