Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 68 · 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.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤖 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
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a garden swing (d) a delivery robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a wheelbarrow
7. 7.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
12. 12.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) only move fast (c) talk, sing and dance (d) sense, think and act
13. 13.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a pulley
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a wheelbarrow
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pulley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a factory robot arm
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
21. 21.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
24. 24.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a fruit-picking robot
31. 31.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) people (programmers) (c) the robot’s wheels (d) the battery
32. 32.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a warehouse robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a garden swing
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
34. 34.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
35. 35.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a garden swing (d) a pool-cleaning robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a bicycle (d) a hand-pushed trolley

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