Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 647 · 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 wind-up toy (b) a skateboard (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pair of scissors
3. 3.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
5. 5.🤖 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)
6. 6.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a bicycle (d) a floor-cleaning robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.🤖 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
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bicycle (c) a pulley (d) a line-follower robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a garden swing (d) a wheelbarrow
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a garden swing (d) a pulley
18. 18.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pair of scissors (d) a skateboard
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a skateboard (d) a factory robot arm
22. 22.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hand whisk (d) a ceiling fan
24. 24.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand whisk (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a fruit-picking robot
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a line-follower robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
29. 29.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) only in films
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a planet rover (c) a pair of scissors (d) a bicycle
31. 31.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
34. 34.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a factory robot arm (c) a line-follower robot (d) a delivery robot
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pool-cleaning robot
38. 38.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
40. 40.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True

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