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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 932 · 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 the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  3. 3.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a loop
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  13. 13.🔢 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
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the program picks a path (d) the gripper closes
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) a camera spots a wall
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) a mic hears a clap
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) a camera spots a wall (d) an LED lights up
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it compares two numbers
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) a gyro feels a turn
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  35. 35.🔢 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
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense

Answer key

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

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