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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 974 · 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) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the gripper closes
  3. 3.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  6. 6.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a sensor reads light
  8. 8.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  9. 9.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 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
  11. 11.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  13. 13.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  16. 16.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a battery (b) a crash (c) a gear (d) a loop
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the robot turns left (c) it plans the next move (d) the arm lifts a box
  19. 19.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it plans the next move (c) it compares two numbers (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the program
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  26. 26.🔢 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 controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a mic hears a clap
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the wheels spin (d) the robot turns left
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it plans the next move (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to turn (d) a camera spots a wall
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it decides to stop (c) it decides to turn (d) a sensor reads light
  32. 32.🔢 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
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) the motors turn it
  34. 34.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  36. 36.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “it drives on”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to turn
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

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

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