Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 877 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a hammer (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
2. 2.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) nobody at all (c) the battery (d) people (programmers)
3. 3.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a fruit-picking robot
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a factory robot arm (d) a delivery robot
6. 6.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a hammer (d) a parcel-sorting robot
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a line-follower robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a line-follower robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a planet rover
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a wind-up toy (d) a line-follower robot
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a factory robot arm (d) a parcel-sorting robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a factory robot arm
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bicycle (c) a planet rover (d) a hammer
20. 20.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a delivery robot (c) a bicycle (d) a wheelbarrow
22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wind-up toy (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pair of scissors
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hammer (d) a skateboard
26. 26.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a hammer (d) a bicycle
28. 28.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a skateboard (d) a garden swing
32. 32.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
33. 33.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
34. 34.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a pool-cleaning robot
36. 36.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it is very big
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a hammer (c) a warehouse robot (d) a line-follower robot
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a planet rover (d) a pool-cleaning robot
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a pulley (d) a bicycle
40. 40.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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