Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 121 · 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 of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
2. 2.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a garden swing (d) a hand whisk
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a wind-up toy (d) a fruit-picking robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pulley (c) a factory robot arm (d) a skateboard
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a delivery robot
9. 9.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wind-up toy (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot
11. 11.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) yes, always
12. 12.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) sense, think and act (c) eat, sleep and play (d) talk, sing and dance
14. 14.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
16. 16.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a skateboard (c) a factory robot arm (d) a floor-cleaning robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a factory robot arm
20. 20.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a bicycle
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a skateboard (d) a wheelbarrow
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a hammer
24. 24.🤖 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
25. 25.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a delivery robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hammer (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
30. 30.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
32. 32.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a planet rover
34. 34.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it is very big (d) it senses and decides
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
37. 37.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a hand whisk
39. 39.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a pair of scissors (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan

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