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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 952 · 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 acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor reads light
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the sensors (b) the motors (c) the program (d) the camera
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) a gyro feels a turn
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the wheels spin
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it counts the boxes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to turn
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the robot turns left (d) a sensor reads light
  11. 11.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  17. 17.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  19. 19.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a buzzer beeps
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to turn (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  29. 29.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  33. 33.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the robot turns left (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor reads light
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act

Answer key

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

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