Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 946 · 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 of these is a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a hammer (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pair of scissors
2. 2.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
3. 3.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a hammer (c) a hand whisk (d) a warehouse robot
5. 5.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a warehouse robot
6. 6.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the battery (b) nobody at all (c) the robot’s wheels (d) people (programmers)
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a delivery robot (d) a robot lawn mower
8. 8.🤖 A toy car moves only while you press its remote. It cannot sense or decide. Is it a robot? (a) Yes (b) No
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a hammer
10. 10.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) talk, sing and dance (c) only move fast (d) eat, sleep and play
11. 11.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
12. 12.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
13. 13.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.🤖 Is a bicycle a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
17. 17.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
18. 18.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a pulley (d) a floor-cleaning robot
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a garden swing (d) a robot lawn mower
21. 21.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pair of scissors (d) a warehouse robot
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hammer (d) a factory robot arm
23. 23.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
24. 24.True or false: a hammer is a robot. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a garden swing (c) a factory robot arm (d) a hammer
26. 26.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) a city name (d) hard, forced work
27. 27.🤖 Is a pair of scissors a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pulley (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a wind-up toy (c) a delivery robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a bicycle (d) a robot lawn mower
32. 32.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is made of metal (b) it has a face (c) it senses and decides (d) it is very big
33. 33.True or false: a hand whisk is a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a hand whisk (c) a planet rover (d) a pair of scissors
35. 35.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is a robot. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a factory robot arm (c) a planet rover (d) a parcel-sorting robot
39. 39.🤖 Is a wheelbarrow a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
40. 40.🤖 Is a ceiling fan a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot

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