Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 892 · 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.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a garden swing
4. 4.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) hard, forced work (b) a city name (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
5. 5.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) yes, always (d) only in films
8. 8.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a robot lawn mower
9. 9.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🤖 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)
11. 11.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a robot lawn mower
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand-pushed trolley
14. 14.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a robot lawn mower
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a bicycle (d) a hand-pushed trolley
18. 18.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
21. 21.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) sense, think and act
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a fruit-picking robot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
24. 24.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a line-follower robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a pulley (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a line-follower robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a factory robot arm (c) a garden swing (d) a wheelbarrow
33. 33.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
34. 34.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a hand whisk (d) a factory robot arm
37. 37.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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