Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 356 · 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 kind of metal (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a big number
2. 2.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is made of metal
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a ceiling fan
4. 4.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a garden swing (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
7. 7.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
10. 10.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a pair of scissors (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a bicycle (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a planet rover
13. 13.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
14. 14.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a planet rover (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a skateboard (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
20. 20.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pulley (d) a wind-up toy
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a delivery robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a delivery robot (c) a pulley (d) a planet rover
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
26. 26.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a ceiling fan (c) a skateboard (d) a pool-cleaning robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
30. 30.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a warehouse robot
32. 32.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) people (programmers) (c) the robot’s wheels (d) the battery
34. 34.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a garden swing (d) a hammer
39. 39.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a skateboard (c) a planet rover (d) a ceiling fan

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