Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 373 · 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.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
2. 2.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a warehouse robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
3. 3.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a wind-up toy (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
5. 5.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a ceiling fan
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a bicycle (c) a line-follower robot (d) a factory robot arm
12. 12.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a kind of metal (c) a big number (d) a city name
16. 16.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a wind-up toy
19. 19.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pulley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a garden swing
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a ceiling fan
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a wheelbarrow
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a planet rover (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pulley
26. 26.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a planet rover (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a garden swing (c) a wind-up toy (d) a floor-cleaning robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hand whisk (d) a warehouse robot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hand whisk
34. 34.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a bicycle (c) a pair of scissors (d) a factory robot arm
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a line-follower robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it has a face

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