Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 578 · 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 pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pool-cleaning robot
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a hand whisk (d) a warehouse robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
6. 6.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big
7. 7.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
9. 9.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wheelbarrow
11. 11.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand whisk (d) a wheelbarrow
13. 13.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a parcel-sorting robot
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pulley
17. 17.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a garden swing
20. 20.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pulley
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a garden swing (c) a ceiling fan (d) a delivery robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a bicycle
28. 28.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a garden swing (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard
32. 32.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a garden swing (c) a factory robot arm (d) a wind-up toy
34. 34.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a wind-up toy
36. 36.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a hammer (c) a pulley (d) a hand whisk
38. 38.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
40. 40.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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