Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 745 · 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 planet rover (b) a pair of scissors (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
2. 2.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it has a face
5. 5.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) no, any shape works (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
7. 7.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) people (programmers) (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a garden swing (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a parcel-sorting robot
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pulley (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a delivery robot
15. 15.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a factory robot arm
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pair of scissors (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand whisk
18. 18.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pair of scissors (d) a ceiling fan
21. 21.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a warehouse robot (d) a garden swing
24. 24.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a bicycle (d) a pool-cleaning robot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a factory robot arm
27. 27.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
31. 31.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a bicycle
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
36. 36.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a wheelbarrow
39. 39.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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