Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 74 · 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 hand-pushed trolley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pair of scissors
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a line-follower robot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a bicycle (c) a skateboard (d) a pool-cleaning robot
4. 4.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a robot lawn mower
6. 6.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hammer
8. 8.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
9. 9.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
11. 11.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
13. 13.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) only in films
18. 18.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a planet rover (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand-pushed trolley
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand whisk (c) a factory robot arm (d) a wind-up toy
21. 21.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hammer
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand whisk
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a bicycle
25. 25.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) the robot’s wheels (c) people (programmers) (d) nobody at all
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pulley
27. 27.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
29. 29.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pulley
33. 33.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a line-follower robot
36. 36.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) hard, forced work (c) a big number (d) a city name
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a factory robot arm (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a hammer (c) a skateboard (d) a floor-cleaning robot
39. 39.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hammer (c) a delivery robot (d) a bicycle

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