Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 45 · 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 fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a planet rover
4. 4.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a skateboard
6. 6.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
8. 8.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
9. 9.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a warehouse robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a garden swing
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a delivery robot (d) a warehouse robot
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pair of scissors (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
14. 14.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hammer
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a parcel-sorting robot
18. 18.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a hand-pushed trolley
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a planet rover (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand whisk (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a warehouse robot
25. 25.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a warehouse robot (c) a garden swing (d) a factory robot arm
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hammer (d) a wind-up toy
28. 28.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) nobody at all (c) the battery (d) people (programmers)
31. 31.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤖 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
33. 33.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a skateboard (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
37. 37.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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