Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 271 · 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.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) only move fast
3. 3.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hammer (d) a hand-pushed trolley
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a robot lawn mower
7. 7.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a line-follower robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a planet rover (d) a wheelbarrow
11. 11.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a garden swing (c) a pulley (d) a fruit-picking robot
14. 14.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) the battery (d) people (programmers)
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hand whisk (d) a parcel-sorting robot
18. 18.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a city name
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a warehouse robot
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a planet rover (c) a delivery robot (d) a hammer
21. 21.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a factory robot arm (d) a floor-cleaning robot
23. 23.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a factory robot arm
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wind-up toy (c) a warehouse robot (d) a garden swing
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a factory robot arm (d) a planet rover
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a skateboard (d) a hand whisk
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hand whisk
36. 36.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wheelbarrow
38. 38.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot

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