Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 775 · 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 delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a garden swing
3. 3.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is very big (d) it is made of metal
4. 4.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a garden swing (d) a planet rover
7. 7.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a bicycle (c) a skateboard (d) a wind-up toy
9. 9.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a bicycle
11. 11.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🤖 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a ceiling fan (c) a planet rover (d) a line-follower robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pulley
15. 15.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
19. 19.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
20. 20.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a fruit-picking robot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a garden swing
23. 23.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pair of scissors (c) a garden swing (d) a pool-cleaning robot
25. 25.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a garden swing
28. 28.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a ceiling fan
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a delivery robot (d) a warehouse robot
31. 31.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hammer (d) a robot lawn mower
34. 34.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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