Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 696 · 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.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a garden swing (d) a hand whisk
3. 3.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a delivery robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
5. 5.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pulley
8. 8.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
9. 9.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the robot’s wheels
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hand whisk
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a garden swing (d) a hand-pushed trolley
14. 14.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
15. 15.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pulley (d) a robot lawn mower
17. 17.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a planet rover (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
19. 19.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is very big (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
20. 20.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a kind of metal (c) hard, forced work (d) a city name
23. 23.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pulley (c) a hand whisk (d) a ceiling fan
25. 25.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a warehouse robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a bicycle (d) a hand whisk
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pulley (d) a warehouse robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a hammer (d) a pool-cleaning robot
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a wind-up toy (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
34. 34.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a line-follower robot
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hand whisk (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
38. 38.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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