Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 242 · 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.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a delivery robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a planet rover
5. 5.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hammer (d) a garden swing
7. 7.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a big number
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a planet rover (d) a wheelbarrow
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a garden swing (c) a skateboard (d) a wheelbarrow
13. 13.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hammer (d) a warehouse robot
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
17. 17.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a factory robot arm (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
19. 19.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a floor-cleaning robot
22. 22.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the battery (c) the robot’s wheels (d) nobody at all
25. 25.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
26. 26.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a garden swing (d) a wind-up toy
30. 30.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
32. 32.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a line-follower robot (d) a garden swing
40. 40.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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