Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 178 · 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.🤖 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
2. 2.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a parcel-sorting robot
4. 4.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
5. 5.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
8. 8.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hammer (d) a robot lawn mower
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a wind-up toy (d) a delivery robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a factory robot arm
13. 13.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a factory robot arm
15. 15.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a garden swing
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a line-follower robot (d) a factory robot arm
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a factory robot arm (c) a delivery robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pulley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, always (c) yes, with two legs (d) no, any shape works
27. 27.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the robot’s wheels
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand whisk (d) a fruit-picking robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pair of scissors (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
35. 35.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a line-follower robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
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 hammer (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand whisk (d) a floor-cleaning robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a bicycle (c) a hammer (d) a wind-up toy
40. 40.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a big number

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