Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 841 · 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) eat, sleep and play (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) talk, sing and dance
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pair of scissors
3. 3.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
5. 5.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
9. 9.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
11. 11.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a pulley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a skateboard (c) a wind-up toy (d) a line-follower robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hammer (c) a skateboard (d) a wheelbarrow
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a warehouse robot (c) a skateboard (d) a delivery robot
16. 16.🤖 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
17. 17.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a delivery robot
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a fruit-picking robot
20. 20.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a wind-up toy (d) a factory robot arm
22. 22.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a hammer (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a ceiling fan
26. 26.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a hammer (d) a line-follower robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it is made of metal
30. 30.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a delivery robot (d) a skateboard
31. 31.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a line-follower robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a warehouse robot
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
34. 34.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a bicycle (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
35. 35.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a factory robot arm
39. 39.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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