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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 901 · 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 parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  2. 2.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  10. 10.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the arm lifts a box
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  15. 15.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (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 battery (d) a loop
  18. 18.🔢 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
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  26. 26.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  34. 34.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it

Answer key

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

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