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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 953 · 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.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  3. 3.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the program picks a path
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it counts the boxes (d) a sensor checks distance
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a bumper is pressed (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the gripper closes
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  15. 15.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the gripper closes (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) it counts the boxes
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) the robot turns left
  24. 24.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the wheels spin (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it counts the boxes (d) it compares two numbers
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) the arm lifts a box
  34. 34.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the camera
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

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

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