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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 880 · 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 controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  2. 2.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) a buzzer beeps
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the motors
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) the robot turns left
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  21. 21.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) a camera spots a wall
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  31. 31.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  40. 40.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the controller reads it
  2. False
  3. the motors
  4. the bumper is pressed
  5. a camera spots a wall
  6. the bumper is pressed
  7. it drives on
  8. act
  9. the controller
  10. a sensor reads light
  11. sense
  12. False
  13. False
  14. True
  15. the sensors
  16. the robot turns left
  17. sense
  18. act
  19. True
  20. sense
  21. False
  22. think
  23. a mic hears a clap
  24. a camera spots a wall
  25. it decides to turn
  26. the controller reads it
  27. the motors turn it
  28. True
  29. think
  30. sense → think → act
  31. False
  32. it decides to turn
  33. True
  34. False
  35. sense
  36. it decides to stop
  37. act
  38. think
  39. sense
  40. False

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