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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 938 · 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 a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) an LED lights up (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  6. 6.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the arm lifts a box
  9. 9.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the sensors (d) the battery
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  17. 17.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the wheels spin
  19. 19.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  21. 21.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) it decides to turn (d) a buzzer beeps
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  29. 29.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  33. 33.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a crash
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  37. 37.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on

Answer key

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

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