Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 816 · 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.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) eat, sleep and play (c) talk, sing and dance (d) sense, think and act
2. 2.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a floor-cleaning robot
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hand whisk (d) a bicycle
5. 5.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
9. 9.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a ceiling fan
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a planet rover (c) a garden swing (d) a line-follower robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal
15. 15.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a ceiling fan
18. 18.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a planet rover
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a skateboard (d) a pool-cleaning robot
21. 21.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a planet rover (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a pair of scissors
25. 25.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) only in films
26. 26.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
28. 28.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a big number
30. 30.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a hammer (d) a wind-up toy
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hammer (c) a pulley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a planet rover (d) a fruit-picking robot
35. 35.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the battery (c) the robot’s wheels (d) people (programmers)
38. 38.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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