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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 886 · 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 parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the frame
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  15. 15.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  18. 18.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  25. 25.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  27. 27.🔢 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 motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  30. 30.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 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 bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  39. 39.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a crash (d) a battery

Answer key

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

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