Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 117 · 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.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hammer (c) a bicycle (d) a floor-cleaning robot
3. 3.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a line-follower robot
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a line-follower robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
12. 12.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
13. 13.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
15. 15.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
17. 17.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a skateboard (c) a pair of scissors (d) a ceiling fan
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hammer
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a hammer (c) a factory robot arm (d) a wind-up toy
23. 23.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a ceiling fan
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) only move fast
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a delivery robot
30. 30.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a warehouse robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a line-follower robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a skateboard (c) a factory robot arm (d) a robot lawn mower
37. 37.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley
40. 40.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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