Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 120 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a skateboard
5. 5.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
6. 6.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is very big (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal
10. 10.🤖 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)
11. 11.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hammer
14. 14.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hammer
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pair of scissors
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a factory robot arm
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a planet rover (c) a warehouse robot (d) a robot lawn mower
21. 21.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a bicycle (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand whisk
23. 23.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a garden swing (d) a parcel-sorting robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pair of scissors
29. 29.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a delivery robot (d) a wheelbarrow
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hammer (c) a pulley (d) a fruit-picking robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a garden swing (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a bicycle
34. 34.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a city name (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a factory robot arm

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