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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 923 · 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 decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a gear
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) the gripper closes (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  8. 8.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the controller
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the battery
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  11. 11.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  15. 15.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) act → think → sense
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  17. 17.🔍 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
  18. 18.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) it plans the next move
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the camera (c) the program (d) the motors
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  32. 32.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  38. 38.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  40. 40.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. sense
  3. a loop
  4. think
  5. a bumper is pressed
  6. act
  7. it decides to stop
  8. the controller
  9. the sensors
  10. act
  11. False
  12. it counts the boxes
  13. act
  14. the bumper is pressed
  15. sense → think → act
  16. think
  17. the arm lifts a box
  18. True
  19. it plans the next move
  20. a sensor checks distance
  21. an LED lights up
  22. a mic hears a clap
  23. think
  24. act
  25. the motors
  26. it drives on
  27. think
  28. False
  29. the bumper is pressed
  30. it drives on
  31. the motors turn it
  32. False
  33. the bumper is pressed
  34. True
  35. sense
  36. it decides to turn
  37. the controller reads it
  38. True
  39. the gripper closes
  40. False

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