Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 887 · 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 bicycle (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
2. 2.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a city name
3. 3.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) sense, think and act
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a ceiling fan (d) a hand-pushed trolley
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a bicycle
6. 6.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pool-cleaning robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a planet rover
11. 11.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a planet rover (c) a delivery robot (d) a garden swing
13. 13.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a ceiling fan (d) a delivery robot
15. 15.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a garden swing (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pulley
17. 17.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a pair of scissors
20. 20.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
22. 22.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a warehouse robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a line-follower robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
25. 25.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
28. 28.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
29. 29.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a delivery robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a factory robot arm
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a pulley
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a hammer (c) a garden swing (d) a parcel-sorting robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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