Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 179 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a skateboard
2. 2.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
3. 3.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a factory robot arm
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a warehouse robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
10. 10.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hammer (d) a delivery robot
16. 16.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a pulley (c) a delivery robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a garden swing (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pulley (d) a pair of scissors
22. 22.🤖 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
23. 23.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand whisk
25. 25.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) only move fast
26. 26.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a factory robot arm
33. 33.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a robot lawn mower
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a planet rover (d) a wheelbarrow
36. 36.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a skateboard (d) a ceiling fan
39. 39.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
40. 40.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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