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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 997 · 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 camera (b) the motors (c) the sensors (d) the program
  2. 2.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the program picks a path (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) it compares two numbers
  4. 4.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor checks distance (c) the wheels spin (d) it plans the next move
  6. 6.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  8. 8.🔢 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
  9. 9.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor reads light
  12. 12.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the motors (b) the frame (c) the battery (d) the sensors
  13. 13.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it decides to stop (b) the arm lifts a box (c) the gripper closes (d) a gyro feels a turn
  14. 14.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the motors turn it (b) it drives on (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the program picks a path”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: when it decides to stop, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  19. 19.True or false: when a buzzer beeps, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to turn (d) the gripper closes
  22. 22.True or false: when it counts the boxes, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it drives on (b) it decides to turn
  24. 24.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a sensor checks distance (b) the program picks a path (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to stop
  25. 25.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  26. 26.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor checks distance”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) the gripper closes (d) it decides to stop
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a bumper is pressed (c) it compares two numbers (d) it decides to stop
  31. 31.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a loop (b) a gear (c) a crash (d) a battery
  32. 32.True or false: when the gripper closes, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) a sensor checks distance (d) the robot turns left
  34. 34.True or false: when the wheels spin, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the controller reads it (d) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.🔢 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
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a mic hears a clap (d) it counts the boxes
  38. 38.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  39. 39.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the bumper is pressed” or “the controller reads it”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed
  40. 40.True or false: when the arm lifts a box, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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