Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 103 · 40 questions

Robot tip (Sense, think, act): A robot senses (sensors), thinks (a controller runs a program) and acts (motors and other parts). If a machine only moves when a person pushes or controls it, and cannot sense or decide, it is not a robot. The shape does not matter: arms, cars, boxes and drones can all be robots.

1. 1.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a planet rover (d) a wind-up toy
2. 2.Which of these is a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a garden swing (c) a ceiling fan (d) a wind-up toy
3. 3.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a robot lawn mower
5. 5.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) the battery (d) people (programmers)
6. 6.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand whisk
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pulley (c) a planet rover (d) a robot lawn mower
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a bicycle
12. 12.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a warehouse robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a wheelbarrow
15. 15.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
16. 16.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) sense, think and act (c) talk, sing and dance (d) eat, sleep and play
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a garden swing (c) a delivery robot (d) a bicycle
18. 18.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hammer
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a hammer
25. 25.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
27. 27.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
30. 30.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pulley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a wind-up toy
32. 32.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a floor-cleaning robot
33. 33.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is very big (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
34. 34.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pair of scissors (d) a planet rover
37. 37.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a warehouse robot (d) a bicycle

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