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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 945 · 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 thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) think → act → sense (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  6. 6.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the wheels spin
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  12. 12.🔢 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
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it counts the boxes
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) a sensor reads light
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  16. 16.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the wheels spin
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it compares two numbers (c) the program picks a path (d) the arm lifts a box
  20. 20.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the camera (d) the program
  21. 21.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) it compares two numbers (d) it counts the boxes
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the wheels spin
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  27. 27.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  33. 33.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 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
  38. 38.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the program picks a path

Answer key

  1. it plans the next move
  2. sense
  3. True
  4. the bumper is pressed
  5. sense → think → act
  6. True
  7. it drives on
  8. think
  9. the arm lifts a box
  10. the wheels spin
  11. act
  12. it decides to turn
  13. it counts the boxes
  14. a sensor reads light
  15. the sensors
  16. False
  17. it counts the boxes
  18. it drives on
  19. the arm lifts a box
  20. the motors
  21. the controller
  22. the gripper closes
  23. the robot turns left
  24. the wheels spin
  25. act
  26. a loop
  27. False
  28. the bumper is pressed
  29. it decides to turn
  30. sense
  31. the program picks a path
  32. it decides to stop
  33. False
  34. a sensor checks distance
  35. it compares two numbers
  36. False
  37. it decides to turn
  38. False
  39. False
  40. a bumper is pressed

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