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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 918 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a gyro feels a turn
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  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 part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path
  8. 8.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) a buzzer beeps
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it compares two numbers
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  13. 13.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it plans the next move
  16. 16.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  20. 20.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a crash
  28. 28.🔢 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 motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  37. 37.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense

Answer key

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

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