Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 817 · 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.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand whisk (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
3. 3.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) the robot’s wheels (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
6. 6.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pair of scissors
8. 8.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is very big (d) it is made of metal
13. 13.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) yes, always
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hammer (d) a line-follower robot
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a garden swing (c) a ceiling fan (d) a fruit-picking robot
16. 16.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a delivery robot
22. 22.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hammer (c) a delivery robot (d) a garden swing
25. 25.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a wind-up toy (d) a wheelbarrow
29. 29.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a bicycle (c) a garden swing (d) a pulley
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pulley (d) a delivery robot
35. 35.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pulley
37. 37.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a planet rover (d) a floor-cleaning robot
38. 38.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley

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