Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 163 · 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) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) only in films
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a hammer (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a garden swing
4. 4.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a factory robot arm
6. 6.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wheelbarrow
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a planet rover (d) a floor-cleaning robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a delivery robot (c) a skateboard (d) a hand whisk
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a hammer
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hammer (c) a ceiling fan (d) a planet rover
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pulley
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hammer (d) a planet rover
15. 15.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it is made of metal (c) it senses and decides (d) it has a face
17. 17.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
18. 18.🤖 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)
19. 19.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a bicycle (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pair of scissors (d) a ceiling fan
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
24. 24.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a line-follower robot
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a planet rover
29. 29.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🤖 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
33. 33.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a city name
37. 37.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
40. 40.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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