Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 943 · 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 garden swing is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hammer (c) a skateboard (d) a pulley
4. 4.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
5. 5.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it has a face (c) it is made of metal (d) it senses and decides
6. 6.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
7. 7.True or false: a line-follower robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a hand whisk (c) a ceiling fan (d) a line-follower robot
9. 9.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) only move fast (c) eat, sleep and play (d) talk, sing and dance
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a bicycle (c) a factory robot arm (d) a warehouse robot
11. 11.Which of these is a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a pair of scissors (c) a pulley (d) a skateboard
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a skateboard (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a delivery robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
14. 14.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) people (programmers) (c) nobody at all (d) the battery
15. 15.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
16. 16.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a wind-up toy (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a line-follower robot
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wind-up toy
20. 20.Which of these is a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a warehouse robot
21. 21.True or false: a ceiling fan is a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a pair of scissors (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a line-follower robot
24. 24.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, always (b) no, any shape works (c) only in films (d) yes, with two legs
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a factory robot arm
26. 26.🤖 Is a wind-up toy a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
27. 27.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a garden swing (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a skateboard (b) a planet rover (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
29. 29.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a warehouse robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a factory robot arm
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a parcel-sorting robot
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pulley (d) a pair of scissors
33. 33.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
35. 35.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) No (b) Yes
36. 36.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a hand whisk (c) a pair of scissors (d) a delivery robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pulley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
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.True or false: a garden swing is a robot. (a) True (b) False

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