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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 916 · 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 it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  3. 3.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  5. 5.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → sense → think (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the robot turns left (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  12. 12.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the program
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  17. 17.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the motors
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  30. 30.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the program picks a path (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  40. 40.🔢 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

Answer key

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

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