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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 839 · 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 buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  4. 4.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) the arm lifts a box
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  13. 13.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  15. 15.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a crash
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  17. 17.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on

Answer key

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

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