Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 683 · 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.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a kind of metal (c) a big number (d) hard, forced work
2. 2.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hammer (d) a hand whisk
4. 4.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) nobody at all (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
5. 5.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a skateboard (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a planet rover (d) a skateboard
9. 9.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a delivery robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
13. 13.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
15. 15.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a planet rover (d) a hand whisk
18. 18.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
20. 20.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a delivery robot (d) a robot lawn mower
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a warehouse robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a line-follower robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand whisk (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a line-follower robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a fruit-picking robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it is very big (d) it has a face
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a wind-up toy (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
33. 33.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pulley
35. 35.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a wheelbarrow
39. 39.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) only in films
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pulley (d) a skateboard

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