Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 19 · 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) talk, sing and dance (b) sense, think and act (c) eat, sleep and play (d) only move fast
2. 2.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a planet rover
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a robot lawn mower
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
7. 7.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is very big (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pulley
9. 9.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a wind-up toy
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a delivery robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a factory robot arm
13. 13.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) nobody at all (c) the robot’s wheels (d) the battery
14. 14.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pulley
16. 16.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a pair of scissors (d) a parcel-sorting robot
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a ceiling fan (d) a delivery robot
20. 20.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a city name (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
21. 21.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hand whisk (d) a garden swing
23. 23.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a pair of scissors
25. 25.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a delivery robot
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a delivery robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan
29. 29.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a hammer (d) a hand-pushed trolley
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
35. 35.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pulley (c) a factory robot arm (d) a wheelbarrow
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a bicycle (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
38. 38.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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