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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 96 · 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) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor reads light
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) the arm lifts a box
  4. 4.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it compares two numbers (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a bumper is pressed
  7. 7.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the battery
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  15. 15.🔢 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
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it plans the next move
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) it plans the next move
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a buzzer beeps
  20. 20.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to stop (d) a mic hears a clap
  25. 25.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  30. 30.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  35. 35.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the program picks a path
  38. 38.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) the robot turns left (d) a camera spots a wall
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) a sensor reads light (d) a gyro feels a turn

Answer key

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

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