Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 277 · 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 hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pair of scissors (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
4. 4.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a factory robot arm (d) a parcel-sorting robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a planet rover (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand whisk
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a wind-up toy
10. 10.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
12. 12.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pulley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
14. 14.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) nobody at all (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
15. 15.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hammer
17. 17.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a line-follower robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a delivery robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a garden swing (d) a warehouse robot
22. 22.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
24. 24.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is made of metal (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big
28. 28.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a delivery robot

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