Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 237 · 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 a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a garden swing (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a skateboard
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hammer
3. 3.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
5. 5.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, always (d) only in films
6. 6.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) eat, sleep and play (c) sense, think and act (d) only move fast
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a garden swing (d) a pair of scissors
9. 9.🤖 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
10. 10.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a planet rover (d) a hand-pushed trolley
13. 13.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a garden swing (d) a skateboard
15. 15.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a delivery robot
20. 20.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
21. 21.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a line-follower robot (d) a delivery robot
24. 24.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a line-follower robot (d) a garden swing
26. 26.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
28. 28.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand whisk (d) a wheelbarrow
34. 34.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a ceiling fan (c) a warehouse robot (d) a garden swing
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a skateboard
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a delivery robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a bicycle
40. 40.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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