Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 359 · 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.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a planet rover (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
3. 3.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pair of scissors (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
5. 5.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
6. 6.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a delivery robot (c) a skateboard (d) a garden swing
8. 8.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a garden swing
11. 11.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a floor-cleaning robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pulley (d) a pool-cleaning robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
18. 18.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a bicycle (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pulley
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a garden swing
23. 23.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is very big (c) it is made of metal (d) it has a face
24. 24.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
27. 27.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a bicycle
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a pulley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
31. 31.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a bicycle
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
36. 36.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
40. 40.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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