Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 564 · 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 wind-up toy (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
2. 2.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a kind of metal (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
3. 3.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it is very big (d) it senses and decides
4. 4.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pulley (d) a ceiling fan
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hammer
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a bicycle
9. 9.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a factory robot arm (d) a bicycle
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a bicycle (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hammer
17. 17.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the robot’s wheels
20. 20.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) eat, sleep and play
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand whisk (d) a pool-cleaning robot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
23. 23.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
29. 29.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a factory robot arm
31. 31.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a planet rover (d) a bicycle
36. 36.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
40. 40.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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