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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 854 · 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 “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  5. 5.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a crash
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  9. 9.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  17. 17.🔢 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) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  19. 19.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  23. 23.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  30. 30.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the robot turns left (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the gripper closes
  32. 32.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  37. 37.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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