Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 616 · 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 pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a bicycle (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a ceiling fan
6. 6.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pair of scissors (c) a pulley (d) a factory robot arm
9. 9.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
11. 11.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand whisk (d) a pool-cleaning robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand whisk (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pair of scissors
15. 15.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
18. 18.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a skateboard (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a planet rover (d) a line-follower robot
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a planet rover (d) a skateboard
23. 23.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a bicycle (c) a hammer (d) a line-follower robot
25. 25.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it is very big (d) it has a face
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a planet rover
30. 30.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
36. 36.🤖 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
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a delivery robot (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a ceiling fan (c) a skateboard (d) a floor-cleaning robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hammer (c) a planet rover (d) a pool-cleaning robot

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