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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 895 · 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 bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  14. 14.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  19. 19.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a buzzer beeps
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

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

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