Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 494 · 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) the robot’s wheels (b) nobody at all (c) the battery (d) people (programmers)
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a line-follower robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hammer
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
5. 5.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a bicycle (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a planet rover (d) a warehouse robot
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a skateboard (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pulley
10. 10.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pair of scissors
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
13. 13.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) only move fast (c) talk, sing and dance (d) eat, sleep and play
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand whisk (d) a garden swing
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a bicycle
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a ceiling fan (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a delivery robot
17. 17.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
18. 18.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a planet rover (c) a garden swing (d) a wind-up toy
20. 20.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wind-up toy (d) a robot lawn mower
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a line-follower robot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pair of scissors (c) a warehouse robot (d) a garden swing
24. 24.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a skateboard
30. 30.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a skateboard
35. 35.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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