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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 949 · 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 program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  4. 4.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it plans the next move
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box
  13. 13.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  16. 16.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) it compares two numbers (d) a bumper is pressed
  19. 19.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  20. 20.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a gyro feels a turn
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  27. 27.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it compares two numbers (d) the arm lifts a box
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to turn (d) the wheels spin
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it counts the boxes
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  35. 35.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on
  40. 40.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels

Answer key

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

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