Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 94 · 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 pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🤖 Is a hand whisk a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a delivery robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a skateboard
5. 5.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pulley
7. 7.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
9. 9.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
10. 10.True or false: a delivery robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
12. 12.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) no, any shape works (b) yes, with two legs (c) only in films (d) yes, always
13. 13.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it is very big (c) it has a face (d) it senses and decides
15. 15.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hammer (d) a hand-pushed trolley
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a planet rover
17. 17.🤖 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
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.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
22. 22.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) eat, sleep and play (c) only move fast (d) talk, sing and dance
23. 23.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a garden swing (d) a wind-up toy
25. 25.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a factory robot arm
27. 27.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pool-cleaning robot
29. 29.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
31. 31.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a bicycle
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a factory robot arm
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a garden swing (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
34. 34.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a skateboard (c) a bicycle (d) a planet rover
36. 36.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
39. 39.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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