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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 929 · 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 compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it compares two numbers
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) an LED lights up (d) the program picks a path
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) a bumper is pressed
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the motors (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  14. 14.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) the wheels spin
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  28. 28.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor checks distance
  30. 30.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  34. 34.🔢 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
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  36. 36.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a crash
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers

Answer key

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

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