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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 874 · 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) an LED lights up (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a gyro feels a turn
  3. 3.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) an LED lights up
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  10. 10.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  13. 13.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the battery
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  17. 17.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  25. 25.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  28. 28.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  32. 32.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  38. 38.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop

Answer key

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

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