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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 948 · 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 parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the motors
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  4. 4.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  13. 13.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the sensors (d) the frame
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  22. 22.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a loop (c) a battery (d) a gear
  23. 23.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the robot turns left (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a sensor reads light
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  27. 27.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it drives on”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a buzzer beeps
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the arm lifts a box (d) an LED lights up
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn

Answer key

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

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