Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 41 · 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 delivery 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 has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal
3. 3.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a line-follower robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a ceiling fan (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a warehouse robot
7. 7.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a bicycle (d) a hand-pushed trolley
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hammer
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a delivery robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors
11. 11.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a pair of scissors (c) a hammer (d) a robot lawn mower
16. 16.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the robot’s wheels
18. 18.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a factory robot arm
20. 20.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a delivery robot (c) a skateboard (d) a planet rover
23. 23.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a factory robot arm
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a factory robot arm (d) a fruit-picking robot
26. 26.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) talk, sing and dance (d) only move fast
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a factory robot arm
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a delivery robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
36. 36.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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