Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 636 · 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 factory robot arm (b) a bicycle (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
2. 2.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the robot’s wheels (c) the battery (d) nobody at all
3. 3.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hammer
5. 5.🤖 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
6. 6.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pool-cleaning robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pulley
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a floor-cleaning robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pulley
13. 13.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a factory robot arm (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a delivery robot
15. 15.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
16. 16.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is very big (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
17. 17.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a bicycle (c) a garden swing (d) a skateboard
23. 23.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a garden swing
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
30. 30.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
33. 33.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a delivery robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a pulley (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
39. 39.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors

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