Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 198 · 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.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) hard, forced work (d) a city name
3. 3.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a delivery robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pulley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
10. 10.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤖 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
12. 12.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
15. 15.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🤖 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)
20. 20.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a delivery robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a wind-up toy
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a bicycle
27. 27.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🤖 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pulley
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a pair of scissors
31. 31.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hammer (d) a parcel-sorting robot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hammer (c) a ceiling fan (d) a line-follower robot
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a planet rover (c) a hammer (d) a pulley
35. 35.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
39. 39.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hammer (d) a robot lawn mower

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