Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 110 · 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 line-follower robot (b) a garden swing (c) a planet rover (d) a factory robot arm
2. 2.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) people (programmers) (c) nobody at all (d) the battery
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a wind-up toy (d) a robot lawn mower
6. 6.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal
7. 7.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a fruit-picking robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a factory robot arm (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a planet rover
9. 9.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a city name
11. 11.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a bicycle
14. 14.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a hand-pushed trolley
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a delivery robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pair of scissors
17. 17.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a bicycle (d) a floor-cleaning robot
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a wind-up toy
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a wheelbarrow
23. 23.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pulley (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hand whisk
26. 26.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a hand-pushed trolley
28. 28.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a garden swing
30. 30.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a bicycle (d) a line-follower robot
32. 32.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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