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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 829 · 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.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) a mic hears a clap
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  14. 14.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a gear
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  31. 31.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it plans the next move
  39. 39.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed

Answer key

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

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