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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 928 · 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 an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  3. 3.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the controller reads it
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  15. 15.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  16. 16.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  20. 20.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  26. 26.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it compares two numbers (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  33. 33.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) an LED lights up
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light

Answer key

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

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