Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 145 · 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 a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a wind-up toy (c) a bicycle (d) a line-follower robot
2. 2.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
3. 3.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a hand whisk (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a factory robot arm (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a floor-cleaning robot
6. 6.🤖 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
7. 7.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a planet rover (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a bicycle
9. 9.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
11. 11.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
12. 12.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hammer (c) a warehouse robot (d) a planet rover
14. 14.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
15. 15.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a garden swing (d) a pair of scissors
19. 19.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) the robot’s wheels (d) people (programmers)
20. 20.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand whisk (d) a fruit-picking robot
24. 24.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a skateboard (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hammer
26. 26.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a ceiling fan (c) a line-follower robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a skateboard (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a line-follower robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a delivery robot
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pulley (d) a hand-pushed trolley
32. 32.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is very big (d) it is made of metal
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a delivery robot (c) a hammer (d) a pair of scissors
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a pulley (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a robot lawn mower
37. 37.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a skateboard (d) a floor-cleaning robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hand whisk (d) a pool-cleaning robot

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