Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 261 · 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.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
3. 3.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) sense, think and act (c) only move fast (d) eat, sleep and play
6. 6.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a robot lawn mower
9. 9.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a factory robot arm (d) a planet rover
12. 12.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a bicycle
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pulley
15. 15.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
18. 18.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a floor-cleaning robot
21. 21.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) only in films
22. 22.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it has a face
23. 23.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a planet rover
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a planet rover (d) a wheelbarrow
27. 27.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a robot lawn mower
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pair of scissors
31. 31.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pulley
35. 35.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a factory robot arm
37. 37.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a planet rover (d) a wind-up toy
39. 39.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors

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