Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 301 · 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 ceiling fan (b) a pulley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
3. 3.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand whisk (d) a fruit-picking robot
6. 6.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it senses and decides (c) it is very big (d) it has a face
10. 10.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hammer (c) a skateboard (d) a delivery robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a factory robot arm
14. 14.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a factory robot arm (d) a fruit-picking robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) people (programmers) (c) the robot’s wheels (d) nobody at all
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hammer (c) a ceiling fan (d) a warehouse robot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a bicycle
21. 21.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) only in films (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
26. 26.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pulley (c) a bicycle (d) a pair of scissors
30. 30.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
32. 32.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a line-follower robot (d) a warehouse robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a skateboard
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a parcel-sorting robot
39. 39.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work

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