Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

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

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