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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 836 · 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 parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the frame
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  5. 5.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  7. 7.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  13. 13.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  30. 30.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor reads light
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

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

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