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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 888 · 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.🔢 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 bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  2. 2.🔢 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
  3. 3.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it plans the next move (d) a camera spots a wall
  5. 5.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) it decides to turn (d) it counts the boxes
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  13. 13.🔢 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
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to stop (d) the gripper closes
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a camera spots a wall
  25. 25.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  35. 35.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  40. 40.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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