Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 135 · 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 robot lawn mower (b) a factory robot arm (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pair of scissors
2. 2.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand whisk (d) a wheelbarrow
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a skateboard (d) a hammer
4. 4.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a parcel-sorting robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a line-follower robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
9. 9.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
12. 12.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a planet rover
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
16. 16.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
18. 18.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
19. 19.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hammer (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a warehouse robot
24. 24.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
25. 25.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hammer (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand whisk
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hammer (c) a pair of scissors (d) a factory robot arm
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a parcel-sorting robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a wheelbarrow
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a factory robot arm
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand whisk (d) a hand-pushed trolley
38. 38.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) people (programmers) (c) the robot’s wheels (d) nobody at all
40. 40.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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