Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 539 · 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 of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hammer (d) a parcel-sorting robot
2. 2.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a factory robot arm
11. 11.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is made of metal (c) it is very big (d) it senses and decides
12. 12.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) the robot’s wheels (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
16. 16.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a wind-up toy
18. 18.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a floor-cleaning robot
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pulley (c) a delivery robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
22. 22.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hammer
24. 24.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a pool-cleaning robot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
27. 27.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
28. 28.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a factory robot arm (d) a line-follower robot
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pair of scissors (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a line-follower robot
31. 31.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
33. 33.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a planet rover (d) a parcel-sorting robot
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a line-follower robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a factory robot arm
38. 38.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a garden swing (c) a hand whisk (d) a skateboard
40. 40.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) yes, with two legs

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