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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 924 · 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 a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it plans the next move
  7. 7.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor checks distance
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) a bumper is pressed
  15. 15.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  18. 18.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  21. 21.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it counts the boxes
  27. 27.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  29. 29.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) it compares two numbers
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the program picks a path (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → sense → think (d) think → act → sense
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) the arm lifts a box
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  40. 40.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program

Answer key

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

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