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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 958 · 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.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a sensor checks distance
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) it plans the next move
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  11. 11.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the program
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) a bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the gripper closes
  17. 17.🔢 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
  18. 18.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) it plans the next move (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  23. 23.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) sense → think → act (d) act → sense → think
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it decides to turn (c) the robot turns left (d) a buzzer beeps
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it decides to stop (c) the program picks a path (d) it plans the next move
  27. 27.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a battery (c) a gear (d) a loop
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  29. 29.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  32. 32.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  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) the robot turns left
  35. 35.🔢 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 drives on (d) it decides to turn
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  37. 37.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  38. 38.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes

Answer key

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

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