Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 200 · 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 hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a warehouse robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hammer
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a delivery robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a pulley
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a ceiling fan (d) a robot lawn mower
8. 8.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a line-follower robot
10. 10.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
12. 12.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) only move fast (c) talk, sing and dance (d) eat, sleep and play
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pulley
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a factory robot arm (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand-pushed trolley
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a planet rover (d) a wheelbarrow
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hand-pushed trolley
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pair of scissors
18. 18.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) people (programmers) (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a warehouse robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a big number
26. 26.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hammer (d) a ceiling fan
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a bicycle (c) a delivery robot (d) a pair of scissors
29. 29.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a bicycle
34. 34.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a skateboard (d) a wind-up toy
36. 36.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True

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