Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 52 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a pulley (d) a planet rover
2. 2.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤖 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
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a garden swing
9. 9.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a garden swing
11. 11.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) people (programmers) (d) nobody at all
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a factory robot arm
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pair of scissors (c) a factory robot arm (d) a planet rover
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wind-up toy
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) no, any shape works
18. 18.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a ceiling fan (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wind-up toy
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pair of scissors (d) a parcel-sorting robot
22. 22.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is made of metal (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big
23. 23.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a line-follower robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a garden swing
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a factory robot arm
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a planet rover (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand whisk
30. 30.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a pulley (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a line-follower robot
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a ceiling fan (c) a line-follower robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a factory robot arm (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hand whisk
35. 35.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
36. 36.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) sense, think and act (c) eat, sleep and play (d) only move fast
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a warehouse robot
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a robot lawn mower
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a bicycle
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hammer (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a delivery robot

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