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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 913 · 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) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  12. 12.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) it drives on
  13. 13.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  15. 15.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.🔢 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) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  19. 19.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  26. 26.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  29. 29.🔢 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
  30. 30.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  31. 31.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  36. 36.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act

Answer key

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

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