Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 857 · 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 pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a wheelbarrow
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hammer (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a bicycle
5. 5.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a hammer
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a delivery robot
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a parcel-sorting robot
10. 10.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a bicycle (d) a fruit-picking robot
12. 12.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
13. 13.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) the robot’s wheels (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a wind-up toy (c) a line-follower robot (d) a ceiling fan
16. 16.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a city name (c) a kind of metal (d) hard, forced work
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a planet rover (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hand-pushed trolley
20. 20.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a hand whisk (d) a robot lawn mower
22. 22.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) eat, sleep and play (c) sense, think and act (d) talk, sing and dance
24. 24.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a wind-up toy
30. 30.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) no, any shape works
32. 32.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
33. 33.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a skateboard (c) a garden swing (d) a wheelbarrow
35. 35.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big

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