Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 559 · 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 line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the robot’s wheels (c) nobody at all (d) the battery
3. 3.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pair of scissors (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
5. 5.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a factory robot arm
9. 9.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a wind-up toy (c) a ceiling fan (d) a garden swing
11. 11.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
13. 13.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a pair of scissors (c) a warehouse robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
20. 20.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it is very big (c) it senses and decides (d) it has a face
22. 22.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pair of scissors (d) a ceiling fan
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a wind-up toy (d) a fruit-picking robot
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a bicycle
26. 26.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a ceiling fan (c) a garden swing (d) a fruit-picking robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a garden swing (c) a line-follower robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a bicycle (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a factory robot arm
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a bicycle
33. 33.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) eat, sleep and play (c) talk, sing and dance (d) sense, think and act
36. 36.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a ceiling fan (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hand whisk
38. 38.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a bicycle
40. 40.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works

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