Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 321 · 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.🤖 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a hand whisk
3. 3.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a planet rover (d) a hammer
6. 6.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a skateboard (d) a fruit-picking robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) talk, sing and dance
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a wind-up toy (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
12. 12.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pulley (c) a delivery robot (d) a hammer
16. 16.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a wheelbarrow
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a ceiling fan (d) a wheelbarrow
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a wind-up toy
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a planet rover (c) a warehouse robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a wind-up toy (d) a robot lawn mower
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a wheelbarrow
24. 24.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
25. 25.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) the battery (d) people (programmers)
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a planet rover (d) a pool-cleaning robot
28. 28.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pool-cleaning robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a skateboard (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
34. 34.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a skateboard (d) a parcel-sorting robot
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a factory robot arm (c) a skateboard (d) a wind-up toy
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pulley (d) a line-follower robot

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