Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 935 · 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 warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🤖 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
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a wind-up toy (c) a line-follower robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
7. 7.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a garden swing (c) a line-follower robot (d) a wheelbarrow
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a garden swing (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
10. 10.Which of these is a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a wind-up toy (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
11. 11.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pulley (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
12. 12.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a garden swing (c) a bicycle (d) a factory robot arm
16. 16.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is made of metal
17. 17.Which of these is a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a skateboard (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
18. 18.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) people (programmers)
19. 19.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
20. 20.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a fruit-picking robot
22. 22.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) no, any shape works (c) yes, with two legs (d) only in films
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a ceiling fan
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a factory robot arm
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a line-follower robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a planet rover
26. 26.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
28. 28.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a wheelbarrow
30. 30.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
31. 31.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
32. 32.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a planet rover (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a hand whisk
33. 33.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
34. 34.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a bicycle (d) a warehouse robot
35. 35.True or false: a wind-up toy is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a hand whisk is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
39. 39.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a city name (c) hard, forced work (d) a big number
40. 40.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pair of scissors (d) a hand-pushed trolley

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