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Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 717 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. not a robot
  2. a robot
  3. people (programmers)
  4. sense, think and act
  5. not a robot
  6. False
  7. a parcel-sorting robot
  8. it senses and decides
  9. a ceiling fan
  10. a hand-pushed trolley
  11. a robot
  12. a pulley
  13. No
  14. not a robot
  15. a factory robot arm
  16. False
  17. hard, forced work
  18. a robot
  19. False
  20. a hand whisk
  21. a hammer
  22. False
  23. a robot
  24. False
  25. True
  26. a factory robot arm
  27. a robot
  28. a robot
  29. a pool-cleaning robot
  30. no, any shape works
  31. True
  32. True
  33. a wheelbarrow
  34. True
  35. False
  36. a bicycle
  37. False
  38. True
  39. a hammer
  40. False

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