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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 921 · 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 acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) the arm lifts a box
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) a bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  7. 7.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  11. 11.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) the wheels spin
  16. 16.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a gear
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  22. 22.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  29. 29.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to stop (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the gripper closes
  33. 33.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to stop
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a sensor reads light
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps

Answer key

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

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