Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

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

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