Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 61 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a wheelbarrow
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pulley (c) a skateboard (d) a hammer
3. 3.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a delivery robot
6. 6.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it is made of metal
7. 7.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pair of scissors
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a ceiling fan
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a pair of scissors (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a factory robot arm
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a factory robot arm (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
16. 16.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) only in films
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand whisk
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand whisk
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a planet rover (d) a pulley
23. 23.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a skateboard
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pulley (d) a factory robot arm
26. 26.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) the robot’s wheels (d) people (programmers)
27. 27.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a parcel-sorting robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
35. 35.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
37. 37.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a big number
38. 38.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand-pushed trolley
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley

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