Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 43 · 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.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a pool-cleaning robot
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a ceiling fan (d) a delivery robot
4. 4.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
7. 7.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a pulley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it is very big (d) it senses and decides
15. 15.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a line-follower robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pulley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a planet rover
18. 18.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a kind of metal (c) hard, forced work (d) a city name
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a delivery robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a delivery robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
24. 24.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a warehouse robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand whisk
26. 26.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a garden swing (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
31. 31.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a bicycle
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a bicycle (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hammer
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a ceiling fan (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a line-follower robot
35. 35.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pulley
38. 38.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pair of scissors (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley

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