Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 299 · 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 of these is a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pulley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a skateboard
2. 2.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a big number
3. 3.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) sense, think and act (c) talk, sing and dance (d) only move fast
4. 4.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
5. 5.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
6. 6.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hammer (d) a factory robot arm
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a wheelbarrow
11. 11.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a garden swing
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a line-follower robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pool-cleaning robot
15. 15.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a delivery robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a warehouse robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hammer (d) a ceiling fan
18. 18.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a skateboard (d) a planet rover
23. 23.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
24. 24.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a warehouse robot
29. 29.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a bicycle (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a skateboard (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a delivery robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a hand-pushed trolley
35. 35.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hammer (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a bicycle
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a hammer
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a bicycle (c) a factory robot arm (d) a planet rover
39. 39.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a planet rover (d) a hammer

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