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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 875 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  4. 4.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  10. 10.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  12. 12.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🔢 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) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes
  21. 21.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  26. 26.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  31. 31.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  32. 32.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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