Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 219 · 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.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) sense, think and act (c) eat, sleep and play (d) talk, sing and dance
2. 2.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a line-follower robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a kind of metal (c) a big number (d) a city name
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a skateboard
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pair of scissors
8. 8.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🤖 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
12. 12.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a skateboard (c) a wind-up toy (d) a planet rover
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a planet rover (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a bicycle
17. 17.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a line-follower robot
22. 22.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pulley (c) a skateboard (d) a ceiling fan
25. 25.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a skateboard (c) a warehouse robot (d) a garden swing
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a garden swing (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
31. 31.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hammer (c) a delivery robot (d) a ceiling fan
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a ceiling fan
36. 36.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a ceiling fan
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a hand-pushed trolley

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