Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 959 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a wheelbarrow (c) a pulley (d) a planet rover
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a pulley (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a planet rover
3. 3.True or false: a wheelbarrow is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a robot? (a) a garden swing (b) a hammer (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a warehouse robot
5. 5.🤖 Must a robot look like a human? (a) yes, with two legs (b) only in films (c) yes, always (d) no, any shape works
6. 6.True or false: a factory robot arm is a robot. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a line-follower robot (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
8. 8.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a robot lawn mower
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand whisk (b) a factory robot arm (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a fruit-picking robot
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a garden swing (b) a ceiling fan (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a pool-cleaning robot
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hammer (d) a bicycle
14. 14.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a fruit-picking robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a wind-up toy (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a bicycle
17. 17.True or false: a planet rover is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🤖 Is a delivery robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
19. 19.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
20. 20.🤖 Is a skateboard a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pulley (b) a bicycle (c) a factory robot arm (d) a ceiling fan
22. 22.🤖 Is a hand-pushed trolley a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
23. 23.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a city name (b) hard, forced work (c) a kind of metal (d) a big number
24. 24.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it is very big (b) it senses and decides (c) it has a face (d) it is made of metal
25. 25.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a planet rover (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a skateboard
26. 26.Which of these is a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a pulley (c) a wheelbarrow (d) a skateboard
27. 27.🤖 Is a floor-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
28. 28.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wheelbarrow (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a line-follower robot
29. 29.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a skateboard (c) a hammer (d) a pool-cleaning robot
30. 30.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a parcel-sorting robot (d) a planet rover
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a planet rover
33. 33.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) talk, sing and dance (b) eat, sleep and play (c) sense, think and act (d) only move fast
34. 34.True or false: a pool-cleaning robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🤖 Is a garden swing a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a delivery robot (c) a bicycle (d) a wheelbarrow
37. 37.True or false: a hand-pushed trolley is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hammer (b) a line-follower robot (c) a pulley (d) a wind-up toy
39. 39.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) nobody at all (b) people (programmers) (c) the battery (d) the robot’s wheels
40. 40.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot

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