Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 594 · 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 not a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a bicycle
3. 3.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wind-up toy
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a skateboard (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pair of scissors (c) a ceiling fan (d) a fruit-picking robot
7. 7.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pair of scissors (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
10. 10.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
12. 12.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a planet rover (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is made of metal
17. 17.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
19. 19.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pulley (d) a planet rover
21. 21.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
22. 22.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand whisk (d) a hand-pushed trolley
25. 25.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand whisk (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a hammer (d) a pulley
30. 30.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) talk, sing and dance (d) only move fast
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a delivery robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a fruit-picking robot
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the robot’s wheels (c) nobody at all (d) the battery
40. 40.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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