Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 886 · 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 hammer (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a line-follower robot
2. 2.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
6. 6.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a city name (c) a kind of metal (d) a big number
8. 8.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
13. 13.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hammer
15. 15.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a ceiling fan (d) a robot lawn mower
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a robot lawn mower
19. 19.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a warehouse robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a ceiling fan
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a pulley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a floor-cleaning robot
22. 22.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a factory robot arm
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a delivery robot (c) a hammer (d) a hand whisk
25. 25.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hammer (c) a pulley (d) a garden swing
27. 27.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it is very big (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
28. 28.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a warehouse robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a line-follower robot
30. 30.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) only in films
32. 32.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a factory robot arm (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a robot lawn mower
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hammer (d) a floor-cleaning robot
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a line-follower robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pair of scissors
40. 40.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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