Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 51 · 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.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
2. 2.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a planet rover (d) a floor-cleaning robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
7. 7.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it is made of metal
8. 8.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a skateboard (d) a line-follower robot
17. 17.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, always (d) only in films
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a wind-up toy (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bicycle (c) a wind-up toy (d) a floor-cleaning robot
20. 20.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
22. 22.🤖 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)
23. 23.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a city name (c) a big number (d) hard, forced work
25. 25.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a pulley (c) a bicycle (d) a hand whisk
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a garden swing (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pair of scissors
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
30. 30.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a hand whisk (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a skateboard (c) a planet rover (d) a floor-cleaning robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pool-cleaning robot
38. 38.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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