Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 479 · 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.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the battery (c) the robot’s wheels (d) nobody at all
2. 2.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
6. 6.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pulley (d) a line-follower robot
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a floor-cleaning robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a robot lawn mower
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a skateboard (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pair of scissors
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a factory robot arm
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pool-cleaning robot
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
20. 20.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) sense, think and act (c) talk, sing and dance (d) eat, sleep and play
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a hammer (d) a robot lawn mower
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand whisk (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a bicycle
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a pulley (d) a factory robot arm
29. 29.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a planet rover (d) a hand-pushed trolley
31. 31.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a garden swing
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a factory robot arm
34. 34.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hammer (c) a delivery robot (d) a robot lawn mower
36. 36.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
38. 38.🤖 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
39. 39.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a ceiling fan (c) a garden swing (d) a bicycle

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