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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 980 · 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 parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the sensors (c) the camera (d) the motors
  2. 2.🔢 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
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it counts the boxes (c) the program picks a path (d) an LED lights up
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the wheels spin (b) the gripper closes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a sensor checks distance
  5. 5.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  6. 6.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a mic hears a clap (c) the program picks a path (d) a sensor checks distance
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  11. 11.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a sensor reads light (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  16. 16.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it drives on
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) sense → think → act (d) act → think → sense
  19. 19.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the frame (b) the sensors (c) the battery (d) the motors
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the robot turns left (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) the arm lifts a box
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a sensor checks distance (c) it decides to stop (d) a camera spots a wall
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) it plans the next move (c) the program picks a path (d) a buzzer beeps
  25. 25.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “it decides to turn”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  30. 30.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a gyro feels a turn
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to turn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) an LED lights up (c) it decides to stop (d) it plans the next move
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  40. 40.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a crash (b) a gear (c) a loop (d) a battery

Answer key

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

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