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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 926 · 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 of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it decides to turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  5. 5.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor checks distance
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) it counts the boxes (d) an LED lights up
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  20. 20.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  22. 22.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 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
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) a camera spots a wall
  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: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  31. 31.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  32. 32.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  36. 36.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall

Answer key

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

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