Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 762 · 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 wind-up toy (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a wheelbarrow
2. 2.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a skateboard (d) a warehouse robot
3. 3.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
5. 5.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
7. 7.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a kind of metal (c) hard, forced work (d) a city name
8. 8.🤖 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
9. 9.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pulley (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pair of scissors
11. 11.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a skateboard (c) a wind-up toy (d) a bicycle
16. 16.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a skateboard (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
18. 18.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a robot lawn mower
21. 21.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a skateboard (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pool-cleaning robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pulley
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a delivery robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a wheelbarrow
27. 27.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hammer
30. 30.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a bicycle (d) a garden swing
33. 33.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a planet rover (c) a hand whisk (d) a floor-cleaning robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a garden swing (d) a ceiling fan
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) talk, sing and dance (d) only move fast
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
40. 40.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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