Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 690 · 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 makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is very big (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal
2. 2.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a garden swing (d) a pair of scissors
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pulley (d) a pool-cleaning robot
4. 4.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a bicycle (d) a factory robot arm
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a pulley (c) a delivery robot (d) a line-follower robot
7. 7.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a delivery robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
10. 10.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pair of scissors
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a skateboard (d) a line-follower robot
13. 13.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
14. 14.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) talk, sing and dance
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a warehouse robot
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hammer (d) a floor-cleaning robot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a delivery robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a big number
24. 24.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a planet rover
26. 26.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pair of scissors (c) a planet rover (d) a hand-pushed trolley
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot
29. 29.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) people (programmers) (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a hammer
33. 33.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pulley
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a delivery robot (c) a skateboard (d) a hand-pushed trolley
38. 38.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle

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