Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 925 · 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 skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pulley (d) a pair of scissors
5. 5.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
6. 6.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a planet rover (d) a bicycle
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a warehouse robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
9. 9.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a pulley (c) a hand whisk (d) a robot lawn mower
12. 12.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) the robot’s wheels (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
13. 13.🤖 Is a planet rover a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it is very big (d) it has a face
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a garden swing (c) a ceiling fan (d) a parcel-sorting robot
16. 16.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a bicycle (c) a garden swing (d) a delivery robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
20. 20.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) a kind of metal (c) hard, forced work (d) a big number
21. 21.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
22. 22.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a robot lawn mower
24. 24.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a wind-up toy (d) a robot lawn mower
26. 26.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a warehouse robot (d) a ceiling fan
28. 28.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, with two legs (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, always
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a skateboard (c) a bicycle (d) a parcel-sorting robot
30. 30.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
31. 31.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a pair of scissors
33. 33.True or false: a fruit-picking robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pair of scissors
35. 35.True or false: a garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hammer (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
40. 40.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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