Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 72 · 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 factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🤖 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)
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a warehouse robot
5. 5.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors
10. 10.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it is very big (c) it senses and decides (d) it has a face
11. 11.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hammer (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand-pushed trolley
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a bicycle
14. 14.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a kind of metal (c) a big number (d) hard, forced work
20. 20.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a garden swing
24. 24.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) sense, think and act (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
25. 25.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pair of scissors (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a delivery robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a bicycle (c) a skateboard (d) a hand-pushed trolley
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a delivery robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pulley
29. 29.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a garden swing
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a wheelbarrow
32. 32.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a delivery robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a skateboard
33. 33.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
36. 36.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a hand whisk (d) a hand-pushed trolley
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a pair of scissors
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pair of scissors (c) a delivery robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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