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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 927 · 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) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor reads light
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  7. 7.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a battery
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the bumper (d) the frame
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor reads light
  13. 13.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) a camera spots a wall
  16. 16.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the gripper closes
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  25. 25.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it decides to stop (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a mic hears a clap
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box

Answer key

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

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