Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 469 · 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.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
2. 2.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
3. 3.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a bicycle (d) a delivery robot
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pool-cleaning robot
6. 6.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the robot’s wheels (c) the battery (d) nobody at all
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pair of scissors
9. 9.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.🤖 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
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a hand-pushed trolley
12. 12.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a bicycle
15. 15.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it is very big
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a delivery robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan
17. 17.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a bicycle (c) a hammer (d) a fruit-picking robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a pool-cleaning robot
23. 23.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
25. 25.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a garden swing
29. 29.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a pair of scissors
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a skateboard
32. 32.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hammer
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a skateboard (c) a hand whisk (d) a pool-cleaning robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a delivery robot
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a delivery robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
37. 37.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a planet rover (c) a ceiling fan (d) a garden swing

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