Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 357 · 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 wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a big number
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🤖 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a delivery robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a planet rover (d) a wheelbarrow
12. 12.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a skateboard (d) a line-follower robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a parcel-sorting robot
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hammer (d) a garden swing
17. 17.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) people (programmers) (c) nobody at all (d) the battery
19. 19.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pulley (d) a wheelbarrow
24. 24.🤖 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
25. 25.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pool-cleaning robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a factory robot arm
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a planet rover (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a factory robot arm
34. 34.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pulley (d) a hand-pushed trolley
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hammer
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a ceiling fan (d) a robot lawn mower
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a delivery robot (c) a bicycle (d) a hammer
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard

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