Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

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

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