Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 948 · 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 delivery robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a warehouse robot (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
3. 3.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it has a face (b) it senses and decides (c) it is very big (d) it is made of metal
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a bicycle (c) a hammer (d) a delivery robot
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a warehouse robot (c) a hand whisk (d) a wind-up toy
6. 6.Which of these is a robot? (a) a bicycle (b) a skateboard (c) a pair of scissors (d) a factory robot arm
7. 7.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
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.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a garden swing (c) a pair of scissors (d) a fruit-picking robot
11. 11.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a hand-pushed trolley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a wind-up toy
13. 13.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hammer
14. 14.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) the robot’s wheels (b) the battery (c) people (programmers) (d) nobody at all
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a planet rover (c) a skateboard (d) a wind-up toy
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a line-follower robot
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a planet rover (d) a floor-cleaning robot
19. 19.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a delivery robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a skateboard
20. 20.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) only in films (b) yes, always (c) no, any shape works (d) yes, with two legs
21. 21.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a planet rover (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
22. 22.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a line-follower robot (b) a hammer (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a warehouse robot
24. 24.🤖 Is a parcel-sorting robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a planet rover (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a floor-cleaning robot
26. 26.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
27. 27.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.True or false: a skateboard is a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) eat, sleep and play (b) talk, sing and dance (c) sense, think and act (d) only move fast
30. 30.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a pair of scissors (d) a pool-cleaning robot
31. 31.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a pulley (c) a pair of scissors (d) a line-follower robot
32. 32.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a planet rover (b) a factory robot arm (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a pool-cleaning robot
33. 33.True or false: a pulley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a big number (d) a kind of metal
36. 36.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pair of scissors (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a floor-cleaning robot
37. 37.🤖 Is a line-follower robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a wheelbarrow
39. 39.True or false: a factory robot arm is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a garden swing (d) a floor-cleaning robot

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