Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 709 · 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) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 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
3. 3.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pulley (c) a bicycle (d) a pair of scissors
5. 5.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a floor-cleaning robot
9. 9.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) the robot’s wheels (d) people (programmers)
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a delivery robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
13. 13.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is made of metal
14. 14.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a planet rover (d) a skateboard
16. 16.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
18. 18.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
20. 20.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
24. 24.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
25. 25.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a delivery robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pulley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a delivery robot
30. 30.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a line-follower robot
32. 32.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a planet rover (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a planet rover (d) a ceiling fan
35. 35.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a delivery robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a pair of scissors (c) a delivery robot (d) a wheelbarrow
39. 39.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a pair of scissors (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hammer

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