Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 673 · 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.🤖 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
2. 2.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a warehouse robot (d) a skateboard
3. 3.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a garden swing (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
5. 5.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a skateboard
7. 7.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a bicycle
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
10. 10.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a ceiling fan (d) a fruit-picking robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand whisk (d) a warehouse robot
16. 16.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a warehouse robot (d) a delivery robot
19. 19.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) only in films
21. 21.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot
23. 23.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a factory robot arm (c) a bicycle (d) a skateboard
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a bicycle (d) a pair of scissors
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a bicycle
27. 27.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a robot lawn mower
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
33. 33.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
35. 35.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a bicycle (d) a line-follower robot
37. 37.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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