Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 916 · 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 floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a bicycle
2. 2.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
5. 5.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
6. 6.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a pulley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand whisk
8. 8.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) only move fast (b) eat, sleep and play (c) sense, think and act (d) talk, sing and dance
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a garden swing (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a factory robot arm
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a bicycle (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a line-follower robot
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a skateboard (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a parcel-sorting robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a garden swing (d) a factory robot arm
13. 13.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a hammer (d) a parcel-sorting robot
15. 15.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.True or false: a pair of scissors is a robot. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
19. 19.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a pair of scissors (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a ceiling fan
23. 23.True or false: a robot lawn mower is a robot. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
25. 25.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a bicycle (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
27. 27.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hammer (d) a robot lawn mower
29. 29.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) a kind of metal (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
30. 30.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a ceiling fan (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a line-follower robot
32. 32.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
35. 35.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hand whisk
36. 36.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pulley
39. 39.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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