Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 141 · 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 robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a line-follower robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
3. 3.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a factory robot arm
5. 5.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand-pushed trolley
8. 8.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a ceiling fan
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a bicycle (c) a line-follower robot (d) a garden swing
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pulley (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a robot lawn mower
12. 12.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a garden swing
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hand whisk (d) a pair of scissors
15. 15.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) people (programmers) (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a wind-up toy (c) a skateboard (d) a parcel-sorting robot
20. 20.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
22. 22.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
24. 24.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
25. 25.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a garden swing (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pulley
29. 29.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a fruit-picking robot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a garden swing (c) a planet rover (d) a hammer
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a warehouse robot (c) a garden swing (d) a pulley
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a skateboard (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
36. 36.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a bicycle (c) a garden swing (d) a ceiling fan
39. 39.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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