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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 848 · 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: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  5. 5.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.🔢 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
  11. 11.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  15. 15.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the controller (d) the frame
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🔢 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
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  22. 22.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) think → act → sense
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  30. 30.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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