Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 79 · 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 hand-pushed trolley (b) a skateboard (c) a factory robot arm (d) a garden swing
2. 2.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a bicycle
6. 6.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a wheelbarrow
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a pair of scissors (c) a hammer (d) a planet rover
9. 9.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a line-follower robot
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a planet rover (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
13. 13.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it is made of metal (c) it senses and decides (d) it has a face
14. 14.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🤖 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
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a delivery robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hammer
17. 17.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a factory robot arm
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a planet rover (d) a pool-cleaning robot
20. 20.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a delivery robot (c) a hammer (d) a line-follower robot
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pool-cleaning robot
26. 26.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
27. 27.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hammer (c) a pulley (d) a warehouse robot
33. 33.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤖 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
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a pair of scissors
36. 36.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
37. 37.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a bicycle
39. 39.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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