Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 154 · 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.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) no, any shape works (d) only in films
2. 2.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) talk, sing and dance
3. 3.🤖 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)
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a skateboard (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pool-cleaning robot
6. 6.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a big number
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a pulley
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a ceiling fan (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a wheelbarrow
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a delivery robot
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a pulley
11. 11.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a delivery robot
13. 13.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a hammer (d) a fruit-picking robot
15. 15.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal
16. 16.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
19. 19.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a planet rover (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand whisk
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a warehouse robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
22. 22.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a planet rover (c) a warehouse robot (d) a factory robot arm
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a line-follower robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a fruit-picking robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a factory robot arm (c) a delivery robot (d) a robot lawn mower
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hammer (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a floor-cleaning robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a wind-up toy (c) a warehouse robot (d) a line-follower robot
34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pair of scissors (c) a hammer (d) a wheelbarrow
36. 36.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
39. 39.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True

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