Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 698 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a delivery robot (c) a planet rover (d) a floor-cleaning robot
2. 2.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a planet rover (d) a wheelbarrow
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a garden swing (d) a delivery robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a planet rover (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a robot lawn mower
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a factory robot arm (c) a bicycle (d) a pulley
10. 10.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
12. 12.🤖 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
13. 13.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a garden swing (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a garden swing (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
20. 20.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
23. 23.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
24. 24.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
27. 27.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a ceiling fan
29. 29.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
30. 30.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pulley (d) a warehouse robot
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a planet rover (c) a hammer (d) a pool-cleaning robot
34. 34.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) eat, sleep and play (c) sense, think and act (d) talk, sing and dance
35. 35.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hammer (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
39. 39.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True

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