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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 898 · 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 sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  5. 5.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  13. 13.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a crash
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  16. 16.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  19. 19.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  21. 21.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the program picks a path
  24. 24.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  27. 27.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  37. 37.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  40. 40.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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