Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 353 · 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.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a kind of metal (c) a big number (d) a city name
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a warehouse robot
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a hammer
6. 6.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
9. 9.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hammer (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a planet rover
12. 12.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
15. 15.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a skateboard (d) a hand whisk
18. 18.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the robot’s wheels
19. 19.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
22. 22.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a bicycle (c) a skateboard (d) a ceiling fan
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pulley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a robot lawn mower
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a factory robot arm
27. 27.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a skateboard (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a ceiling fan
32. 32.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is made of metal (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a pair of scissors
34. 34.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a wind-up toy (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pair of scissors
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
37. 37.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
39. 39.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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