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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 996 · 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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) it plans the next move
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  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.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  6. 6.True or false: when an LED lights up, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it decides to stop (c) a sensor checks distance (d) a camera spots a wall
  8. 8.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the motors (b) the program (c) the sensors (d) the camera
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the robot turns left (b) it compares two numbers (c) a bumper is pressed (d) it decides to stop
  11. 11.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a sensor reads light (c) a buzzer beeps (d) the robot turns left
  12. 12.True or false: when a mic hears a clap, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it (c) it drives on (d) the bumper is pressed
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to turn”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  15. 15.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a camera spots a wall”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  17. 17.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) an LED lights up (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor reads light (d) it decides to turn
  18. 18.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) think → act → sense (b) sense → think → act (c) act → think → sense (d) act → sense → think
  19. 19.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the controller reads it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the controller reads it
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it plans the next move (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a camera spots a wall
  23. 23.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the controller reads it”? (a) it drives on (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the motors turn it (d) it decides to turn
  25. 25.🔢 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
  26. 26.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the sensors (b) the frame (c) the motors (d) the battery
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the program picks a path (c) the gripper closes (d) a buzzer beeps
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it compares two numbers (c) the gripper closes (d) the program picks a path
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  30. 30.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  32. 32.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 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
  34. 34.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a mic hears a clap”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  36. 36.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the gripper closes (d) a mic hears a clap
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it drives on (c) the bumper is pressed (d) it decides to turn
  40. 40.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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