Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 694 · 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 hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a line-follower robot (d) a bicycle
3. 3.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pair of scissors (c) a line-follower robot (d) a wheelbarrow
5. 5.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is made of metal (c) it is very big (d) it senses and decides
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
10. 10.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a planet rover
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pair of scissors (c) a planet rover (d) a delivery robot
13. 13.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a delivery robot (d) a planet rover
15. 15.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a warehouse robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
17. 17.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) eat, sleep and play (c) talk, sing and dance (d) sense, think and act
18. 18.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a big number
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a hand whisk (d) a pool-cleaning robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) no, any shape works (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
22. 22.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a garden swing (d) a parcel-sorting robot
31. 31.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand whisk
33. 33.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hand whisk (d) a warehouse robot
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a warehouse robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pulley (d) a ceiling fan
37. 37.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a planet rover
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pair of scissors (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a skateboard
40. 40.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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