Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 397 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pulley
3. 3.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a parcel-sorting robot
5. 5.🤖 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
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a delivery robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
7. 7.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pulley
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a delivery robot (c) a hammer (d) a wind-up toy
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a wind-up toy (d) a planet rover
11. 11.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a kind of metal (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a delivery robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand whisk
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hammer (d) a hand-pushed trolley
16. 16.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a fruit-picking robot
19. 19.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) people (programmers) (c) the robot’s wheels (d) nobody at all
20. 20.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a pair of scissors (c) a hand whisk (d) a parcel-sorting robot
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a planet rover (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a warehouse robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
24. 24.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
25. 25.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a warehouse robot
31. 31.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
32. 32.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a pulley (d) a parcel-sorting robot

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