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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 891 · 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 of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  8. 8.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  10. 10.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it compares two numbers
  14. 14.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the program picks a path
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor reads light
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  24. 24.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  27. 27.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  29. 29.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  33. 33.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  36. 36.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it

Answer key

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

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