Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 569 · 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 hand-pushed trolley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a delivery robot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand whisk (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot
3. 3.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a hammer (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
7. 7.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) people (programmers) (c) the robot’s wheels (d) the battery
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hammer
10. 10.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a planet rover
12. 12.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pulley (c) a garden swing (d) a hand whisk
14. 14.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a ceiling fan
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a hand whisk (d) a line-follower robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a hammer (d) a skateboard
19. 19.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a delivery robot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
22. 22.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a line-follower robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wheelbarrow
26. 26.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is very big (d) it is made of metal
28. 28.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) only in films (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot
31. 31.🤖 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
32. 32.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pulley
36. 36.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a warehouse robot (c) a skateboard (d) a factory robot arm
39. 39.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a factory robot arm (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a ceiling fan

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