Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 190 · 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 of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
2. 2.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pair of scissors (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
4. 4.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hammer
6. 6.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a line-follower robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a skateboard (d) a wind-up toy
11. 11.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) no, any shape works (d) only in films
12. 12.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a factory robot arm (c) a line-follower robot (d) a robot lawn mower
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pulley
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand-pushed trolley
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a planet rover (d) a skateboard
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a floor-cleaning robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a pulley (d) a wind-up toy
19. 19.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a delivery robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hammer (d) a pulley
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
23. 23.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hammer (d) a floor-cleaning robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
27. 27.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a planet rover (d) a hand whisk
31. 31.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
32. 32.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
37. 37.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hammer (d) a pair of scissors

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