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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 835 · 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.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  12. 12.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  14. 14.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) a bumper is pressed
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  26. 26.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  27. 27.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  35. 35.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  40. 40.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. it decides to turn
  3. it counts the boxes
  4. the controller reads it
  5. think
  6. it decides to turn
  7. a camera spots a wall
  8. a sensor reads light
  9. the motors
  10. the gripper closes
  11. a loop
  12. the motors turn it
  13. it decides to turn
  14. False
  15. the bumper is pressed
  16. sense
  17. an LED lights up
  18. the program picks a path
  19. a camera spots a wall
  20. False
  21. True
  22. a gyro feels a turn
  23. the wheels spin
  24. sense
  25. act
  26. sense → think → act
  27. False
  28. True
  29. it plans the next move
  30. act
  31. the bumper is pressed
  32. the sensors
  33. a gyro feels a turn
  34. it drives on
  35. False
  36. think
  37. sense
  38. True
  39. the gripper closes
  40. False

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