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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 940 · 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 mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the program picks a path
  4. 4.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  6. 6.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  7. 7.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the wheels (d) the frame
  11. 11.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  15. 15.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  19. 19.🔢 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
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  23. 23.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) a sensor checks distance
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to stop (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor checks distance
  33. 33.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  40. 40.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the program

Answer key

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

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