Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 672 · 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 wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pulley (d) a planet rover
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
5. 5.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
6. 6.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) people (programmers) (c) the battery (d) nobody at all
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a skateboard (d) a floor-cleaning robot
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a line-follower robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pulley
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a planet rover (d) a line-follower robot
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pulley (c) a bicycle (d) a floor-cleaning robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it has a face
23. 23.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🤖 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
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a planet rover (d) a wind-up toy
26. 26.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a robot lawn mower
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a wind-up toy (c) a skateboard (d) a factory robot arm
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a garden swing
34. 34.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a hammer
36. 36.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pulley (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a garden swing
39. 39.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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