Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 566 · 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.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a delivery robot (d) a garden swing
3. 3.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a skateboard (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a factory robot arm
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a hand whisk (d) a delivery robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
9. 9.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a warehouse robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pulley
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand whisk (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a line-follower robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a bicycle (d) a factory robot arm
14. 14.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
15. 15.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a factory robot arm (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a planet rover
17. 17.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
20. 20.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a kind of metal (c) a big number (d) hard, forced work
22. 22.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it is very big (d) it has a face
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a line-follower robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
27. 27.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a line-follower robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a delivery robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a wheelbarrow
33. 33.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
34. 34.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
37. 37.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hammer (d) a warehouse robot
40. 40.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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