Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 921 · 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 pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a bicycle (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hammer
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a delivery robot
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a delivery robot
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a line-follower robot
6. 6.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is made of metal
8. 8.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a wind-up toy
10. 10.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the robot’s wheels (c) the battery (d) nobody at all
11. 11.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
13. 13.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a garden swing (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a hand whisk
16. 16.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) eat, sleep and play
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
19. 19.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a wind-up toy (c) a delivery robot (d) a bicycle
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
24. 24.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a garden swing (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a pair of scissors
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hammer
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pulley (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hammer
28. 28.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a hand whisk (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a parcel-sorting robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a hand whisk (d) a delivery robot
31. 31.True or false: a planet rover is a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
33. 33.True or false: a bicycle is a robot. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
35. 35.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
38. 38.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand whisk (d) a wheelbarrow

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