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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 989 · 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 “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  2. 2.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  3. 3.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the program (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  4. 4.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  6. 6.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: when a gyro feels a turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  9. 9.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) an LED lights up (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a camera spots a wall
  10. 10.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) the arm lifts a box (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  12. 12.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it decides to stop (d) it decides to turn
  13. 13.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor reads light (b) an LED lights up (c) it compares two numbers (d) the gripper closes
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  16. 16.🔢 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) it drives on (d) the controller reads it
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it counts the boxes
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the controller (b) the wheels (c) the frame (d) the bumper
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a sensor reads light (c) an LED lights up (d) the robot turns left
  21. 21.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  22. 22.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  23. 23.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it counts the boxes (c) it decides to stop (d) it compares two numbers
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) the arm lifts a box
  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 arm lifts a box”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  28. 28.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it
  31. 31.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it plans the next move (c) a mic hears a clap (d) the program picks a path
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) it counts the boxes (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a mic hears a clap
  34. 34.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it drives on
  35. 35.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  38. 38.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) sense → think → act (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) act → think → sense
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an LED lights up (d) a gyro feels a turn
  40. 40.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act

Answer key

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

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