Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 567 · 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 a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a garden swing (d) a pulley
2. 2.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) only in films
5. 5.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
6. 6.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a garden swing (c) a hand whisk (d) a robot lawn mower
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a skateboard (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hammer (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a fruit-picking robot
10. 10.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) nobody at all (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
11. 11.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it has a face
12. 12.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pair of scissors
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a planet rover (c) a delivery robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a line-follower robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a factory robot arm
16. 16.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wind-up toy (d) a planet rover
19. 19.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a garden swing (c) a warehouse robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a delivery robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
27. 27.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a pair of scissors (d) a delivery robot
29. 29.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a line-follower robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a line-follower robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a pair of scissors (d) a parcel-sorting robot
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a planet rover
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a robot lawn mower
37. 37.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
39. 39.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a skateboard

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