Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

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

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