Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 272 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a factory robot arm (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a floor-cleaning robot
2. 2.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a wind-up toy
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a hand whisk (d) a planet rover
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pair of scissors (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a bicycle (d) a floor-cleaning robot
6. 6.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a line-follower robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a pair of scissors (c) a pulley (d) a pool-cleaning robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a planet rover (d) a warehouse robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a parcel-sorting robot
14. 14.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🤖 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
16. 16.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a factory robot arm
18. 18.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a factory robot arm (c) a garden swing (d) a hand whisk
20. 20.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.🤖 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
24. 24.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pool-cleaning robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a garden swing (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
28. 28.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) only move fast
29. 29.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a skateboard (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a delivery robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a skateboard (d) a garden swing
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a skateboard (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a line-follower robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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