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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 882 · 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.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  6. 6.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) a camera spots a wall
  9. 9.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  21. 21.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  29. 29.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  37. 37.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

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

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