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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 965 · 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, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the battery (c) the motors (d) the frame
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  4. 4.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  5. 5.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) it plans the next move (d) a buzzer beeps
  7. 7.🔢 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
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it plans the next move
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor reads light (d) the gripper closes
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it compares two numbers (d) it plans the next move
  13. 13.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the camera (d) the sensors
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a buzzer beeps (c) it decides to turn (d) the wheels spin
  15. 15.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  17. 17.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → think → sense (c) think → act → sense (d) act → sense → think
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  19. 19.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 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
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it compares two numbers (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the wheels spin (d) an LED lights up
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  30. 30.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) it decides to turn
  32. 32.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  35. 35.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  37. 37.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the wheels (b) the controller (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  40. 40.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the wheels spin (c) it plans the next move (d) a camera spots a wall

Answer key

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

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