Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 210 · 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.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a delivery robot (c) a bicycle (d) a pair of scissors
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hammer
4. 4.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) the robot’s wheels (c) people (programmers) (d) nobody at all
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wind-up toy (d) a factory robot arm
6. 6.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pool-cleaning robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard
10. 10.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a ceiling fan
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a ceiling fan
15. 15.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pulley (d) a warehouse robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pool-cleaning robot
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a hammer
19. 19.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a ceiling fan
26. 26.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a line-follower robot
28. 28.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
29. 29.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hammer (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
32. 32.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) sense, think and act (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a planet rover (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a line-follower robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand whisk (d) a skateboard
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot

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