Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 228 · 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.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pulley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a planet rover
2. 2.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hammer (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pair of scissors
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a factory robot arm
5. 5.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a garden swing (c) a pair of scissors (d) a planet rover
9. 9.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a line-follower robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a bicycle (c) a hammer (d) a skateboard
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a planet rover (c) a bicycle (d) a hand-pushed trolley
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
15. 15.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a kind of metal (c) hard, forced work (d) a city name
16. 16.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a bicycle (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
18. 18.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) people (programmers) (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a bicycle (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
24. 24.🤖 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
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a wind-up toy (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a delivery robot (c) a planet rover (d) a fruit-picking robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a skateboard (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a delivery robot
29. 29.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand whisk (d) a pulley
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
32. 32.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) sense, think and act (c) talk, sing and dance (d) only move fast
33. 33.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pair of scissors
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bicycle (c) a warehouse robot (d) a wheelbarrow
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a delivery robot
38. 38.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hammer
40. 40.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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