Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 460 · 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 ceiling fan (b) a garden swing (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard
2. 2.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the battery (c) people (programmers) (d) the robot’s wheels
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a line-follower robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
4. 4.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a hand-pushed trolley
6. 6.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a factory robot arm (d) a wind-up toy
10. 10.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) talk, sing and dance
14. 14.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
17. 17.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a bicycle
19. 19.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
24. 24.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a bicycle (c) a skateboard (d) a robot lawn mower
29. 29.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hammer
33. 33.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
36. 36.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
40. 40.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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