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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 869 · 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, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  6. 6.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a gear
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the frame
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor reads light (d) the robot turns left
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  20. 20.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  24. 24.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  27. 27.🔢 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
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) it compares two numbers
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the program picks a path (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.🔢 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
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  37. 37.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap

Answer key

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

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