Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 928 · 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 robot lawn mower (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pair of scissors
2. 2.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
3. 3.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) nobody at all (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a pair of scissors (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a garden swing
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a hand whisk (c) a skateboard (d) a hand-pushed trolley
7. 7.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a delivery robot
8. 8.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
9. 9.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a bicycle (c) a skateboard (d) a fruit-picking robot
12. 12.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it is made of metal (d) it has a face
13. 13.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a hand whisk (c) a pulley (d) a warehouse robot
14. 14.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a skateboard (c) a warehouse robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
15. 15.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pulley
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a skateboard
19. 19.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a planet rover
23. 23.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand whisk
24. 24.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
25. 25.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) only move fast (c) sense, think and act (d) talk, sing and dance
26. 26.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a delivery robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a ceiling fan
28. 28.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a line-follower robot (d) a planet rover
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand whisk (d) a delivery robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a skateboard is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a bicycle
35. 35.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
38. 38.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True

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