Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 929 · 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 floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) nobody at all (c) people (programmers) (d) the battery
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pair of scissors (d) a wind-up toy
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a skateboard (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
5. 5.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it is made of metal (c) it has a face (d) it is very big
6. 6.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a parcel-sorting robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a pair of scissors
11. 11.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand whisk (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a fruit-picking robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a bicycle (c) a factory robot arm (d) a fruit-picking robot
15. 15.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) only in films (c) yes, with two legs (d) yes, always
16. 16.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
17. 17.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a planet rover (d) a pool-cleaning robot
18. 18.Which of these is a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a hand whisk (d) a hand-pushed trolley
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a planet rover (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a wheelbarrow
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a pulley (d) a fruit-picking robot
21. 21.True or false: a pulley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
26. 26.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a line-follower robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a hammer (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a skateboard
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a hand whisk (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hammer
32. 32.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a big number (b) hard, forced work (c) a city name (d) a kind of metal
33. 33.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a pair of scissors
35. 35.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
36. 36.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
37. 37.True or false: a hammer is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a wind-up toy (d) a hand-pushed trolley

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