Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 893 · 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 not a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a wind-up toy (c) a planet rover (d) a ceiling fan
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
5. 5.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the battery (c) the robot’s wheels (d) nobody at all
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a skateboard (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a hammer
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a planet rover (d) a line-follower robot
8. 8.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand-pushed trolley
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a bicycle (d) a factory robot arm
12. 12.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a hand whisk (c) a factory robot arm (d) a ceiling fan
15. 15.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
17. 17.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) eat, sleep and play (d) only move fast
19. 19.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) yes, with two legs
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a bicycle (c) a pulley (d) a parcel-sorting robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a planet rover (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hand whisk
23. 23.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a big number (c) hard, forced work (d) a kind of metal
26. 26.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a bicycle (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pulley
28. 28.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
30. 30.🤖 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
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a pulley (c) a bicycle (d) a delivery robot
32. 32.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a ceiling fan
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a wind-up toy (d) a factory robot arm
37. 37.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a planet rover
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a pulley (c) a factory robot arm (d) a robot lawn mower
40. 40.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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