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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 903 · 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.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) the program picks a path (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  3. 3.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  8. 8.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the controller
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the motors
  12. 12.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to stop (d) the arm lifts a box
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  18. 18.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  20. 20.🔢 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
  21. 21.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a gear
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) the wheels spin (d) a buzzer beeps
  31. 31.🔢 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
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  34. 34.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  35. 35.🔢 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  40. 40.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors

Answer key

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

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