Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 105 · 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.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
4. 4.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
6. 6.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) yes, with two legs
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hammer (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
10. 10.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a planet rover (d) a wind-up toy
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hammer (c) a warehouse robot (d) a bicycle
13. 13.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a city name (c) a big number (d) hard, forced work
14. 14.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) people (programmers) (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
16. 16.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a line-follower robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
22. 22.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big
23. 23.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a delivery robot
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a ceiling fan (c) a skateboard (d) a fruit-picking robot
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a robot lawn mower
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a delivery robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pair of scissors
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hammer
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
31. 31.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a line-follower robot
33. 33.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand whisk (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
35. 35.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a skateboard

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