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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 973 · 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 comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn
  2. 2.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the camera (c) the sensors (d) the program
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a gyro feels a turn
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) the gripper closes (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it compares two numbers
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) a buzzer beeps
  6. 6.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  7. 7.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) a buzzer beeps
  10. 10.🔢 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 decides to turn (d) it drives on
  11. 11.🔢 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
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the program picks a path
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  14. 14.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  16. 16.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  17. 17.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to turn (d) the robot turns left
  20. 20.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  21. 21.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) a buzzer beeps
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  26. 26.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a battery (d) a loop
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) the program picks a path (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  28. 28.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the frame
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the gripper closes (d) the wheels spin
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) the gripper closes
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) a bumper is pressed (d) the robot turns left
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the frame (c) the wheels (d) the bumper
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) the gripper closes (c) it decides to turn (d) the program picks a path
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the arm lifts a box
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  38. 38.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on (c) the motors turn it (d) the controller reads it
  39. 39.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the program picks a path (c) a sensor reads light (d) an LED lights up
  40. 40.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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