Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 783 · 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 pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pulley (d) a line-follower robot
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a line-follower robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a warehouse robot (c) a planet rover (d) a hand-pushed trolley
7. 7.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) only move fast (c) talk, sing and dance (d) eat, sleep and play
9. 9.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤖 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
11. 11.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a city name (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
12. 12.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) no, any shape works
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a skateboard
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a warehouse robot (d) a skateboard
15. 15.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a factory robot arm (c) a bicycle (d) a pair of scissors
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pulley
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a bicycle (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pair of scissors
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a garden swing
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hand whisk
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a planet rover
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a skateboard (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
24. 24.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a skateboard (d) a warehouse robot
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hammer (d) a ceiling fan
28. 28.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
32. 32.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the robot’s wheels (c) nobody at all (d) the battery
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a delivery robot (c) a skateboard (d) a hand-pushed trolley
35. 35.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a bicycle (d) a line-follower robot
40. 40.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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