Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 890 · 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 floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
2. 2.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hammer (d) a fruit-picking robot
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a wheelbarrow
5. 5.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a delivery robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
12. 12.🤖 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)
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pulley (c) a garden swing (d) a bicycle
14. 14.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it is very big (d) it has a face
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a planet rover (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hammer
16. 16.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a ceiling fan (c) a warehouse robot (d) a line-follower robot
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a robot lawn mower
21. 21.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a bicycle
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
25. 25.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) only in films (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
26. 26.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
28. 28.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🤖 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
33. 33.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
35. 35.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) sense, think and act (c) talk, sing and dance (d) only move fast
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a skateboard (d) a hand-pushed trolley
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a pair of scissors (d) a parcel-sorting robot
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
40. 40.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) False (b) True

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