Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 864 · 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) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
2. 2.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it senses and decides (c) it is very big (d) it has a face
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hand whisk
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a delivery robot (d) a wind-up toy
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a wind-up toy (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hammer
6. 6.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hammer (c) a pulley (d) a pair of scissors
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a skateboard (c) a hammer (d) a pair of scissors
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
13. 13.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a kind of metal (c) a big number (d) a city name
15. 15.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pulley (c) a delivery robot (d) a planet rover
17. 17.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a garden swing (c) a planet rover (d) a hand-pushed trolley
19. 19.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a garden swing (c) a hammer (d) a factory robot arm
21. 21.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
24. 24.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
25. 25.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) only in films
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a planet rover
27. 27.🤖 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
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a pair of scissors
30. 30.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a hammer (c) a bicycle (d) a wind-up toy
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a planet rover (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pulley
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a planet rover
36. 36.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hammer (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a delivery robot
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a hammer (c) a planet rover (d) a parcel-sorting robot
40. 40.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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