Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 416 · 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 hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
2. 2.🤖 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
3. 3.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.🤖 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
6. 6.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a wind-up toy
8. 8.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a warehouse robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a garden swing
11. 11.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, always (d) only in films
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
13. 13.🤖 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a garden swing (d) a ceiling fan
16. 16.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pulley (c) a skateboard (d) a ceiling fan
19. 19.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pair of scissors
22. 22.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pulley (d) a planet rover
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pulley (d) a bicycle
27. 27.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a ceiling fan
30. 30.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) eat, sleep and play
32. 32.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand whisk (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a wind-up toy
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pulley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
39. 39.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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