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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 885 · 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 wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  2. 2.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the robot turns left (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a mic hears a clap
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  7. 7.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  10. 10.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the wheels spin (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) a bumper is pressed
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.🔢 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
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) the program picks a path (d) the wheels spin
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  19. 19.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  21. 21.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) the wheels spin (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  29. 29.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) a mic hears a clap
  31. 31.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  33. 33.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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