Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 355 · 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 ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot
4. 4.🤖 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
5. 5.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a warehouse robot (c) a garden swing (d) a wheelbarrow
9. 9.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) people (programmers) (c) the battery (d) nobody at all
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a garden swing (c) a hand whisk (d) a fruit-picking robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a planet rover (c) a garden swing (d) a pool-cleaning robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a delivery robot (c) a bicycle (d) a hand-pushed trolley
14. 14.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a wind-up toy
16. 16.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a planet rover (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a bicycle (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pulley
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a pulley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wind-up toy
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
23. 23.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a planet rover (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a factory robot arm
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a planet rover (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
27. 27.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a pair of scissors
29. 29.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
37. 37.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a garden swing (d) a fruit-picking robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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