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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 855 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the battery
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  7. 7.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  13. 13.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  26. 26.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) the robot turns left (d) a buzzer beeps
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the gripper closes
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it counts the boxes
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the bumper is pressed
  2. a sensor checks distance
  3. act
  4. think
  5. the sensors
  6. a loop
  7. False
  8. a mic hears a clap
  9. think
  10. sense → think → act
  11. a camera spots a wall
  12. the controller
  13. False
  14. True
  15. True
  16. a sensor reads light
  17. it drives on
  18. act
  19. a mic hears a clap
  20. the motors
  21. False
  22. think
  23. True
  24. sense
  25. it drives on
  26. True
  27. it plans the next move
  28. the wheels spin
  29. the arm lifts a box
  30. think
  31. False
  32. a sensor checks distance
  33. it counts the boxes
  34. sense
  35. the program picks a path
  36. the bumper is pressed
  37. True
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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