Robotics Worksheet: What Is a Robot?

Robotics lesson 1: What is a robot? · Set 967 · 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.🤖 Is a pulley a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
2. 2.True or false: a parcel-sorting robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a ceiling fan is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a line-follower robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a ceiling fan (c) a wind-up toy (d) a parcel-sorting robot
6. 6.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a pool-cleaning robot (b) a parcel-sorting robot (c) a hand-pushed trolley (d) a planet rover
7. 7.🤖 Is a fruit-picking robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
8. 8.🤖 Is a hammer a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
9. 9.Which of these is a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
10. 10.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a factory robot arm (b) a hammer (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a robot lawn mower
11. 11.🤖 What three things does every robot do? (a) sense, think and act (b) only move fast (c) talk, sing and dance (d) eat, sleep and play
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a garden swing (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a hand whisk
13. 13.🤖 Is a warehouse robot a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
14. 14.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a ceiling fan (d) a wheelbarrow
15. 15.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a wind-up toy (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a delivery robot (d) a planet rover
16. 16.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a ceiling fan (c) a factory robot arm (d) a parcel-sorting robot
17. 17.🤖 Who writes the program that tells a robot what to do? (a) people (programmers) (b) the battery (c) nobody at all (d) the robot’s wheels
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a floor-cleaning robot (b) a ceiling fan (c) a hammer (d) a bicycle
19. 19.True or false: a floor-cleaning robot is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🤖 Is a pool-cleaning robot a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
21. 21.True or false: a pair of scissors is not a robot. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a delivery robot (b) a factory robot arm (c) a warehouse robot (d) a pair of scissors
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fruit-picking robot (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a wheelbarrow
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a pool-cleaning robot (c) a robot lawn mower (d) a planet rover
25. 25.Which of these is a robot? (a) a hammer (b) a hand whisk (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand-pushed trolley
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a robot lawn mower (b) a floor-cleaning robot (c) a fruit-picking robot (d) a garden swing
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hand-pushed trolley (b) a robot lawn mower (c) a pool-cleaning robot (d) a warehouse robot
28. 28.True or false: a robot lawn mower is not a robot. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🤖 Is a factory robot arm a robot? (a) a robot (b) not a robot
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a wind-up toy (c) a floor-cleaning robot (d) a parcel-sorting robot
31. 31.🤖 Is a robot lawn mower a robot? (a) not a robot (b) a robot
32. 32.True or false: a wind-up toy is a robot. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a robot? (a) a pulley (b) a pair of scissors (c) a bicycle (d) a floor-cleaning robot
34. 34.🤖 What makes a robot different from a simple machine? (a) it senses and decides (b) it has a face (c) it is very big (d) it is made of metal
35. 35.🤖 The word “robot” first came from a word meaning … (a) a kind of metal (b) a big number (c) hard, forced work (d) a city name
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a delivery robot (b) a planet rover (c) a line-follower robot (d) a pulley
37. 37.True or false: a warehouse robot is a robot. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a delivery robot is a robot. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is not a robot? (a) a parcel-sorting robot (b) a warehouse robot (c) a line-follower robot (d) a hand whisk
40. 40.True or false: a warehouse robot is not a robot. (a) True (b) False

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