Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 248 · 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.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
2. 2.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pool-cleaning robot
6. 6.🤖 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
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pair of scissors (d) a planet rover
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a robot lawn mower
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pulley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a bicycle (d) a wheelbarrow
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hammer (d) a hand whisk
12. 12.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wind-up toy (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
18. 18.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) eat, sleep and play
21. 21.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bicycle (c) a delivery robot (d) a pulley
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a delivery robot (c) a skateboard (d) a factory robot arm
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a delivery robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a bicycle
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard
27. 27.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a wind-up toy
33. 33.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hammer
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pulley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a line-follower robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pulley
40. 40.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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