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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 877 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  3. 3.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  9. 9.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  10. 10.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the program picks a path
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the sensors
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  17. 17.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) the gripper closes
  20. 20.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  26. 26.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.🔢 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) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  36. 36.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  40. 40.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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