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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 884 · 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) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) it counts the boxes
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  3. 3.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) the program picks a path (d) it counts the boxes
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  10. 10.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  16. 16.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to stop
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  23. 23.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to turn
  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.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  27. 27.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall

Answer key

  1. the gripper closes
  2. the motors
  3. False
  4. think
  5. the gripper closes
  6. a sensor checks distance
  7. the bumper is pressed
  8. it drives on
  9. it plans the next move
  10. False
  11. a camera spots a wall
  12. sense
  13. it compares two numbers
  14. the bumper is pressed
  15. a buzzer beeps
  16. True
  17. a mic hears a clap
  18. sense
  19. the wheels spin
  20. False
  21. act
  22. it compares two numbers
  23. False
  24. it decides to turn
  25. the bumper is pressed
  26. the controller
  27. True
  28. it decides to turn
  29. False
  30. a buzzer beeps
  31. act
  32. the controller reads it
  33. sense
  34. the robot turns left
  35. the motors turn it
  36. act
  37. it counts the boxes
  38. a gyro feels a turn
  39. think
  40. it decides to turn

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