Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 771 · 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.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the robot’s wheels
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pulley (d) a delivery robot
5. 5.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
6. 6.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a garden swing (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a warehouse robot
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hammer (d) a hand whisk
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a bicycle (d) a hammer
11. 11.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a skateboard
15. 15.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a bicycle
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a hammer (c) a bicycle (d) a garden swing
21. 21.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a skateboard (d) a garden swing
23. 23.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pulley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a factory robot arm (d) a delivery robot
31. 31.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is very big (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
32. 32.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wind-up toy (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot
39. 39.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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