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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 908 · 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 is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  3. 3.🔢 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
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the gripper closes
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the controller
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it plans the next move (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  12. 12.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the frame
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  18. 18.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to stop
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  24. 24.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  27. 27.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor checks distance
  34. 34.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  36. 36.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up

Answer key

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

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