Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

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

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