Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 515 · 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 fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a planet rover (d) a bicycle
4. 4.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is very big (c) it is made of metal (d) it has a face
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pair of scissors (d) a garden swing
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a line-follower robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, always (d) yes, with two legs
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
11. 11.🤖 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
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pool-cleaning robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a planet rover
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a delivery robot (d) a wheelbarrow
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a factory robot arm
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a wind-up toy (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
17. 17.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a planet rover (d) a delivery robot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a bicycle (c) a pulley (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand whisk (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
22. 22.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a factory robot arm
25. 25.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🤖 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
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
29. 29.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
30. 30.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a garden swing (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a skateboard (d) a delivery robot
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a warehouse robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pair of scissors (d) a planet rover
40. 40.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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