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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 984 · 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.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) the wheels spin (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  4. 4.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a battery (c) a crash (d) a gear
  5. 5.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) it decides to turn (d) the bumper is pressed
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it compares two numbers (c) a sensor checks distance (d) it plans the next move
  8. 8.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the frame (d) the motors
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the gripper closes
  11. 11.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  13. 13.🔢 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
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a sensor reads light (c) the robot turns left (d) it decides to turn
  15. 15.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  17. 17.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it drives on” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  19. 19.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) act → think → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  20. 20.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the program picks a path (b) a sensor reads light (c) the gripper closes (d) it compares two numbers
  23. 23.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  25. 25.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the program picks a path (b) it decides to stop (c) the wheels spin (d) a sensor reads light
  26. 26.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the motors turn it
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) an LED lights up (d) a sensor checks distance
  30. 30.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the program picks a path (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it plans the next move
  32. 32.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the motors turn it
  33. 33.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.🔢 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
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it decides to stop (d) a buzzer beeps
  37. 37.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the program picks a path (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) it decides to stop
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think

Answer key

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

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