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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 931 · 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) a bumper is pressed (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it counts the boxes
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  4. 4.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  7. 7.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it decides to stop
  9. 9.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it drives on”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  23. 23.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the controller (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  24. 24.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) the program picks a path
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  27. 27.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) the wheels spin (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  34. 34.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it plans the next move

Answer key

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

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