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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 930 · 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 decides to stop, 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.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) a buzzer beeps
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  12. 12.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  15. 15.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the bumper (d) the wheels
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the gripper closes (d) a buzzer beeps
  28. 28.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  32. 32.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  35. 35.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a mic hears a clap

Answer key

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

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