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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 881 · 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 bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  6. 6.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 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
  10. 10.🔢 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
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  14. 14.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  16. 16.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  28. 28.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  29. 29.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  34. 34.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) a buzzer beeps
  38. 38.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn

Answer key

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

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