Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 794 · 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 hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a delivery robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a floor-cleaning robot
5. 5.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
8. 8.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) sense, think and act (c) eat, sleep and play (d) only move fast
9. 9.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a factory robot arm (c) a delivery robot (d) a planet rover
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a skateboard
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
16. 16.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, always (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand whisk
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a wind-up toy (c) a skateboard (d) a hand-pushed trolley
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a line-follower robot
20. 20.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it is very big
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a garden swing (d) a parcel-sorting robot
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a bicycle (c) a line-follower robot (d) a robot lawn mower
23. 23.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wind-up toy (d) a factory robot arm
25. 25.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pulley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
27. 27.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a factory robot arm (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand-pushed trolley
32. 32.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pair of scissors (d) a floor-cleaning robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.🤖 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
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hammer (d) a hand whisk
40. 40.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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