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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 959 · 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 sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it plans the next move
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  3. 3.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) the arm lifts a box
  5. 5.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the camera (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to turn (c) the program picks a path (d) it compares two numbers
  7. 7.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) act → think → sense (d) sense → think → act
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  18. 18.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a battery (d) a loop
  19. 19.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  25. 25.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) a sensor reads light
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it plans the next move
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it plans the next move (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to stop
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it compares two numbers (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) an LED lights up
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it plans the next move (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a sensor reads light (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a sensor checks distance (d) an LED lights up

Answer key

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

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