Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 724 · 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 of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a garden swing (d) a skateboard
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan
3. 3.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
5. 5.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 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
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pulley (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
10. 10.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.True or false: a bicycle is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a delivery robot (d) a factory robot arm
15. 15.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a wind-up toy (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
20. 20.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
21. 21.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) only move fast
23. 23.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a pair of scissors (c) a garden swing (d) a pool-cleaning robot
25. 25.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a garden swing (c) a skateboard (d) a ceiling fan
27. 27.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a pulley
30. 30.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hammer (d) a planet rover
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a line-follower robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a skateboard (d) a delivery robot
36. 36.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
38. 38.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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