Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

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

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