Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 596 · 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 floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pulley (c) a delivery robot (d) a pair of scissors
5. 5.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, always
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a skateboard (d) a pulley
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.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a wheelbarrow
10. 10.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
12. 12.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a bicycle (d) a line-follower robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a bicycle (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wheelbarrow
15. 15.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a factory robot arm (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a parcel-sorting robot
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a fruit-picking robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pulley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pool-cleaning robot
20. 20.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pulley
22. 22.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a robot lawn mower
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a bicycle (c) a planet rover (d) a delivery robot
25. 25.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it is very big
26. 26.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a planet rover (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pair of scissors
30. 30.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a warehouse robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a hammer
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a delivery robot (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
39. 39.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a wheelbarrow

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