Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 364 · 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 fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a line-follower robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
6. 6.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a warehouse robot (c) a planet rover (d) a garden swing
10. 10.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a wind-up toy
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand whisk (d) a pair of scissors
15. 15.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a garden swing (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a floor-cleaning robot
18. 18.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a kind of metal (c) a big number (d) hard, forced work
19. 19.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
21. 21.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
23. 23.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a bicycle (d) a fruit-picking robot
25. 25.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand whisk (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
29. 29.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a line-follower robot (c) a planet rover (d) a fruit-picking robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a planet rover (c) a pulley (d) a garden swing
33. 33.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a wind-up toy (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand whisk
37. 37.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a planet rover
40. 40.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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