Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 648 · 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.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) hard, forced work (c) a big number (d) a city name
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
5. 5.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a warehouse robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand-pushed trolley
7. 7.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a factory robot arm (d) a wind-up toy
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a factory robot arm
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a fruit-picking robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
14. 14.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) no, any shape works (c) only in films (d) yes, always
15. 15.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a skateboard
18. 18.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hammer (d) a pair of scissors
20. 20.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a fruit-picking robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a pulley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a skateboard (d) a hand-pushed trolley
25. 25.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pulley (c) a delivery robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hammer (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a parcel-sorting robot
30. 30.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
31. 31.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pool-cleaning robot
34. 34.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) talk, sing and dance
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hand whisk (c) a planet rover (d) a floor-cleaning robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a garden swing (c) a line-follower robot (d) a wheelbarrow
39. 39.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a floor-cleaning robot

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