Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 296 · 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 bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a garden swing (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
4. 4.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a delivery robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a line-follower robot
7. 7.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
8. 8.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a planet rover (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a warehouse robot
10. 10.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it is very big (d) it senses and decides
11. 11.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) people (programmers) (d) nobody at all
12. 12.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pulley (d) a hand-pushed trolley
14. 14.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a skateboard (d) a parcel-sorting robot
16. 16.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
18. 18.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a kind of metal (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pair of scissors
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pulley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a warehouse robot
21. 21.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pulley
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a robot lawn mower
26. 26.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
27. 27.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
29. 29.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a wind-up toy
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a pulley
32. 32.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
33. 33.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a garden swing
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a ceiling fan
37. 37.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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