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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 894 · 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 comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  2. 2.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  18. 18.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) the gripper closes (d) a buzzer beeps
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  28. 28.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a mic hears a clap
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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