Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 11 · 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.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) no, any shape works
2. 2.🤖 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
3. 3.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a skateboard (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a planet rover (d) a robot lawn mower
7. 7.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a wheelbarrow
10. 10.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a warehouse robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a fruit-picking robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pulley (c) a bicycle (d) a fruit-picking robot
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a planet rover (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a warehouse robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hammer
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand whisk
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pulley (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a planet rover
23. 23.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hand whisk
25. 25.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pulley (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pair of scissors
27. 27.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand whisk (d) a pulley
29. 29.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hammer (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
31. 31.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a big number
32. 32.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
34. 34.🤖 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
35. 35.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the robot’s wheels (c) nobody at all (d) the battery
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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