Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 350 · 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.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
2. 2.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a ceiling fan (c) a planet rover (d) a skateboard
3. 3.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
4. 4.🤖 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a bicycle
6. 6.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a garden swing (c) a warehouse robot (d) a skateboard
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a skateboard (c) a planet rover (d) a parcel-sorting robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a warehouse robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a bicycle (d) a hand whisk
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pulley (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a delivery robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a bicycle (c) a skateboard (d) a pulley
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hammer
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bicycle (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a fruit-picking robot
18. 18.🤖 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
19. 19.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a factory robot arm
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a skateboard
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a delivery robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
29. 29.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
30. 30.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a factory robot arm
34. 34.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
36. 36.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a planet rover
38. 38.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a bicycle
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hammer (d) a wind-up toy

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