Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 323 · 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 bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a garden swing (d) a planet rover
2. 2.🤖 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
3. 3.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hammer (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a factory robot arm
7. 7.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) nobody at all (c) the robot’s wheels (d) the battery
9. 9.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a line-follower robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a bicycle
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a warehouse robot (d) a garden swing
17. 17.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
22. 22.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a line-follower robot (d) a wind-up toy
25. 25.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) eat, sleep and play (c) sense, think and act (d) talk, sing and dance
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
30. 30.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pulley (c) a skateboard (d) a bicycle
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand whisk (d) a robot lawn mower
33. 33.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
38. 38.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a delivery robot (d) a warehouse robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a garden swing

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