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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 982 · 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 bumper is pressed (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it counts the boxes (d) the gripper closes
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the wheels spin
  3. 3.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the gripper closes (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a sensor reads light (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) the robot turns left
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the motors turn it (c) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  6. 6.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) it plans the next move (d) a gyro feels a turn
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it decides to stop (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) the gripper closes
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to turn
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  11. 11.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the wheels spin (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) the arm lifts a box (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes
  14. 14.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it decides to stop
  16. 16.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the bumper (c) the frame (d) the wheels
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) the program picks a path (d) a mic hears a clap
  20. 20.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) an LED lights up (b) the robot turns left (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a buzzer beeps
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the battery (c) the frame (d) the sensors
  23. 23.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the robot turns left (d) the program picks a path
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 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
  27. 27.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  28. 28.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) the bumper is pressed
  29. 29.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  32. 32.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  33. 33.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the motors turn it” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  36. 36.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) a sensor reads light (c) the wheels spin (d) it counts the boxes
  38. 38.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) it counts the boxes (d) it decides to turn

Answer key

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

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