Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 624 · 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 of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a skateboard (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley
2. 2.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a garden swing
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.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a kind of metal (c) a city name (d) a big number
5. 5.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a wind-up toy (c) a skateboard (d) a wheelbarrow
7. 7.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) only in films
9. 9.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) people (programmers) (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a wind-up toy (c) a garden swing (d) a fruit-picking robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pulley
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a delivery robot (d) a garden swing
16. 16.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a skateboard (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a parcel-sorting robot
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a skateboard
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a delivery robot (c) a bicycle (d) a skateboard
20. 20.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a skateboard (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a delivery robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
29. 29.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a garden swing (d) a factory robot arm
32. 32.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a pair of scissors
34. 34.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a skateboard
37. 37.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a skateboard (d) a warehouse robot
39. 39.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a delivery robot (d) a wheelbarrow

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