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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 969 · 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 acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  2. 2.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the bumper (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the controller
  3. 3.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a loop
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) it decides to turn (c) a buzzer beeps (d) an LED lights up
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  12. 12.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  16. 16.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the robot turns left (b) the program picks a path (c) the wheels spin (d) the arm lifts a box
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  18. 18.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the sensors
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) the wheels spin (d) it decides to stop
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) it counts the boxes (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor checks distance
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) an LED lights up (d) a camera spots a wall
  23. 23.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the robot turns left
  24. 24.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  27. 27.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) the bumper is pressed
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to turn (b) it counts the boxes (c) it plans the next move (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) it drives on
  34. 34.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the arm lifts a box
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it counts the boxes (d) a buzzer beeps
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  39. 39.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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