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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 851 · 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 of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to stop
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 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
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  20. 20.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  22. 22.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  26. 26.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  28. 28.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the frame
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  36. 36.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the camera
  37. 37.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  39. 39.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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