Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

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

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