Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 107 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a warehouse robot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a factory robot arm (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pair of scissors
3. 3.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pulley (c) a hand whisk (d) a parcel-sorting robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
9. 9.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) only move fast
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hammer (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pulley
12. 12.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) people (programmers) (c) the battery (d) nobody at all
13. 13.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a robot lawn mower
15. 15.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it has a face (c) it is made of metal (d) it is very big
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
17. 17.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, always
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a bicycle (d) a factory robot arm
23. 23.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand-pushed trolley
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a garden swing (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors
28. 28.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a skateboard (d) a hand-pushed trolley
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a garden swing (d) a planet rover
32. 32.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
33. 33.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hammer
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a line-follower robot (c) a garden swing (d) a bicycle
36. 36.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a skateboard (d) a planet rover
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
39. 39.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot

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