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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 844 · 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: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it counts the boxes
  5. 5.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  17. 17.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a battery
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  22. 22.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  25. 25.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn

Answer key

  1. act
  2. False
  3. True
  4. a buzzer beeps
  5. True
  6. it drives on
  7. the robot turns left
  8. the bumper is pressed
  9. the bumper is pressed
  10. a sensor reads light
  11. the controller
  12. think
  13. the gripper closes
  14. act
  15. sense
  16. think
  17. a loop
  18. sense
  19. think
  20. it counts the boxes
  21. the program picks a path
  22. False
  23. the bumper is pressed
  24. a bumper is pressed
  25. False
  26. the program picks a path
  27. the motors turn it
  28. True
  29. a sensor reads light
  30. it compares two numbers
  31. act
  32. sense
  33. act
  34. the sensors
  35. the bumper is pressed
  36. sense
  37. a bumper is pressed
  38. it drives on
  39. True
  40. an LED lights up

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