Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 411 · 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 of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a delivery robot (c) a hammer (d) a hand-pushed trolley
2. 2.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a warehouse robot
4. 4.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) only in films
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a ceiling fan (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a delivery robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a hammer
8. 8.🤖 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
9. 9.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a factory robot arm (d) a robot lawn mower
12. 12.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a planet rover (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a factory robot arm (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a warehouse robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a ceiling fan (d) a delivery robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a delivery robot
23. 23.🤖 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
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
28. 28.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is made of metal (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
32. 32.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
34. 34.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a skateboard (d) a floor-cleaning robot
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
38. 38.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a garden swing (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
40. 40.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True

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