Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 480 · 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 skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a big number
3. 3.🤖 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
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
5. 5.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a skateboard (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
8. 8.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a skateboard (c) a warehouse robot (d) a bicycle
11. 11.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a floor-cleaning robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pool-cleaning robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) people (programmers) (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a warehouse robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
18. 18.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a factory robot arm
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
24. 24.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) only in films
25. 25.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a bicycle (d) a wind-up toy
30. 30.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hammer
33. 33.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a skateboard
35. 35.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a hand whisk (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
38. 38.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hammer (d) a pool-cleaning robot
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hammer (c) a warehouse robot (d) a skateboard

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