Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 201 · 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) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a planet rover (d) a delivery robot
3. 3.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
4. 4.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a bicycle
6. 6.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bicycle (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a wheelbarrow
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pair of scissors (d) a factory robot arm
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
10. 10.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) only move fast
11. 11.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a ceiling fan (c) a warehouse robot (d) a skateboard
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a delivery robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand-pushed trolley
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a garden swing (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a ceiling fan (c) a delivery robot (d) a warehouse robot
21. 21.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 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
23. 23.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pulley (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a delivery robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pulley
28. 28.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a planet rover (d) a robot lawn mower
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a garden swing (c) a hammer (d) a wheelbarrow
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a warehouse robot (c) a garden swing (d) a pair of scissors
32. 32.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a pool-cleaning robot
34. 34.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a delivery robot
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pair of scissors (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
39. 39.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) only in films (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
40. 40.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal

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