Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 439 · 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 delivery robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a ceiling fan (d) a garden swing
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a floor-cleaning robot
3. 3.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
4. 4.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a wind-up toy (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a delivery robot
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand whisk
7. 7.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a factory robot arm (c) a skateboard (d) a garden swing
9. 9.🤖 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
10. 10.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a line-follower robot (c) a skateboard (d) a garden swing
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a garden swing (d) a warehouse robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a planet rover (c) a ceiling fan (d) a wheelbarrow
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a floor-cleaning robot
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hand whisk
18. 18.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
21. 21.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a garden swing (c) a wind-up toy (d) a skateboard
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a wind-up toy (d) a warehouse robot
24. 24.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a hand whisk (d) a factory robot arm
28. 28.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a delivery robot (d) a ceiling fan
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
31. 31.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a ceiling fan
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley
36. 36.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover

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