Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 560 · 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 delivery robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a warehouse robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a planet rover
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 of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a line-follower robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a fruit-picking robot
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a wheelbarrow
7. 7.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pulley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a skateboard
12. 12.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a delivery robot (d) a planet rover
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pulley (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pair of scissors
15. 15.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) nobody at all (c) the robot’s wheels (d) the battery
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand whisk
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a skateboard (c) a wind-up toy (d) a warehouse robot
18. 18.🤖 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
19. 19.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a pair of scissors (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a pair of scissors
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a planet rover (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pulley
24. 24.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it senses and decides (c) it is very big (d) it has a face
25. 25.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a line-follower robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hand whisk
36. 36.🤖 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
37. 37.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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