Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 796 · 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 not a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a line-follower robot (c) a planet rover (d) a robot lawn mower
2. 2.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
3. 3.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a robot lawn mower
11. 11.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a warehouse robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a bicycle (d) a floor-cleaning robot
14. 14.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) only in films
15. 15.🤖 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
16. 16.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤖 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
18. 18.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a skateboard (d) a bicycle
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a planet rover (d) a hand-pushed trolley
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a garden swing (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pulley
22. 22.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a planet rover (c) a hammer (d) a parcel-sorting robot
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a skateboard (d) a pulley
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a planet rover (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pool-cleaning robot
27. 27.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a skateboard (c) a delivery robot (d) a hammer
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a line-follower robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a ceiling fan
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand whisk
32. 32.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a line-follower robot (c) a planet rover (d) a bicycle
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) the battery (d) people (programmers)
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
40. 40.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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