Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 860 · 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 factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) the robot’s wheels (d) people (programmers)
3. 3.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a ceiling fan (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
10. 10.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hammer (d) a planet rover
14. 14.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) yes, with two legs (c) no, any shape works (d) only in films
15. 15.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hammer (c) a factory robot arm (d) a skateboard
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a hammer
19. 19.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
20. 20.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
23. 23.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a line-follower robot 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.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🤖 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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand whisk (d) a factory robot arm
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hand whisk (d) a pair of scissors
30. 30.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) sense, think and act (c) talk, sing and dance (d) eat, sleep and play
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
33. 33.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a line-follower robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
39. 39.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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