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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 944 · 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 of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the motors
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it counts the boxes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  8. 8.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the frame (c) the controller (d) the bumper
  9. 9.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) think → act → sense
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the gripper closes (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a gyro feels a turn
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a camera spots a wall
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  20. 20.🔢 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
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  22. 22.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  25. 25.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) an LED lights up
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a sensor reads light
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  32. 32.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a gear (d) a battery
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  36. 36.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it decides to turn (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  38. 38.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think

Answer key

  1. a mic hears a clap
  2. the robot turns left
  3. the motors
  4. the program picks a path
  5. an LED lights up
  6. a bumper is pressed
  7. the controller reads it
  8. the controller
  9. sense → think → act
  10. the gripper closes
  11. a buzzer beeps
  12. the motors turn it
  13. think
  14. sense
  15. False
  16. an LED lights up
  17. sense
  18. the sensors
  19. act
  20. the bumper is pressed
  21. it decides to turn
  22. False
  23. it compares two numbers
  24. the program picks a path
  25. False
  26. True
  27. think
  28. a buzzer beeps
  29. it decides to stop
  30. the gripper closes
  31. it drives on
  32. False
  33. a loop
  34. think
  35. it decides to turn
  36. False
  37. the arm lifts a box
  38. False
  39. False
  40. act

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