Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 156 · 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.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a wind-up toy (c) a planet rover (d) a bicycle
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hand whisk (d) a parcel-sorting robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hammer (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley
7. 7.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hammer (d) a line-follower robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
11. 11.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
15. 15.🤖 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
16. 16.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a garden swing
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pair of scissors
19. 19.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pulley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pair of scissors (c) a garden swing (d) a hand-pushed trolley
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a garden swing (d) a planet rover
24. 24.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pulley (d) a hand-pushed trolley
26. 26.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🤖 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
28. 28.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pulley
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a hammer
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a delivery robot (d) a wheelbarrow
32. 32.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
33. 33.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a planet rover (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a delivery robot (c) a planet rover (d) a floor-cleaning robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a bicycle (d) a garden swing
40. 40.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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