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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 893 · 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 LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap
  4. 4.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  5. 5.🔢 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
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) a gyro feels a turn
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  17. 17.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  21. 21.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  24. 24.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  37. 37.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance

Answer key

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

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