Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

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

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