Robotics Worksheet: Robots and People
Robot tip (Each does its best part): Robots do well: dull, dirty, dangerous, heavy and exact jobs (welding, lifting, deep-sea work). People do better: caring, creating, making friends and judging what is fair. People stay in charge and make the big decisions.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) invent a new game (b) judge what is fair (c) plan a birthday party (d) search a smoky building
- 2.🤝 Why do people and robots often work as a team? (a) people are robots (b) robots get bored (c) robots need friends (d) each does its best part
- 3.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “work in great heat” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 4.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “write a funny story” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 5.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) crawl in narrow pipes (b) cheer up a lonely child (c) plan a birthday party (d) comfort a sad friend
- 6.True or false: “search a smoky building” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “choose a gift for mum” is a job people do better. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “comfort a sad friend” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 9.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “repeat one task all day” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 10.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “plan a birthday party” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 11.🤝 Who should make the big decisions about a robot’s work? (a) a random number (b) nobody (c) people (d) the robot itself
- 12.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “explore the deep sea” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) choose a gift for mum (b) cheer up a lonely child (c) work in great heat (d) comfort a sad friend
- 14.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) sort parcels all night (b) teach with kindness (c) measure parts exactly (d) lift very heavy parts
- 15.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) make a new friend (b) comfort a sad friend (c) plan a birthday party (d) repeat one task all day
- 16.True or false: “sort parcels all night” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explore the deep sea (b) crawl in narrow pipes (c) search a smoky building (d) teach with kindness
- 18.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) search a smoky building (b) crawl in narrow pipes (c) plan a birthday party (d) lift very heavy parts
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) judge what is fair (b) choose a gift for mum (c) sort parcels all night (d) comfort a sad friend
- 20.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “sort parcels all night” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 21.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “measure parts exactly” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 22.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “make up a new song” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crawl in narrow pipes (b) measure parts exactly (c) weld 1000 car doors (d) plan a birthday party
- 24.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “choose a gift for mum” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 25.🤝 Can a robot truly feel happy or sad like a person? (a) yes, always (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it has no feelings (d) yes, when charged
- 26.True or false: “teach with kindness” is a job robots do well. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) write a funny story (b) spray crops evenly (c) work in great heat (d) measure parts exactly
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cheer up a lonely child (b) write a funny story (c) spray crops evenly (d) comfort a sad friend
- 29.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) spray crops evenly (b) sort parcels all night (c) crawl in narrow pipes (d) make a new friend
- 30.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) make up a new song (b) make a new friend (c) plan a birthday party (d) explore the deep sea
- 31.True or false: “make up a new song” is a job people do better. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) work in great heat (b) make a new friend (c) spray crops evenly (d) crawl in narrow pipes
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spray crops evenly (b) repeat one task all day (c) work in great heat (d) invent a new game
- 34.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “search a smoky building” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 35.Which of these is a job people do better? (a) repeat one task all day (b) make up a new song (c) explore the deep sea (d) search a smoky building
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lift very heavy parts (b) spray crops evenly (c) crawl in narrow pipes (d) choose a gift for mum
- 37.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “judge what is fair” (a) a robot (b) a person
- 38.🤝 Who usually does this better — a robot or a person? “spray crops evenly” (a) a person (b) a robot
- 39.Which of these is a job robots do well? (a) write a funny story (b) judge what is fair (c) measure parts exactly (d) teach with kindness
- 40.🤝 Robots are most useful for jobs that are … (a) fun and creative (b) about feelings (c) dull, dirty or dangerous (d) kind and caring
Answer key
- search a smoky building
- each does its best part
- a robot
- a person
- crawl in narrow pipes
- False
- True
- a person
- a robot
- a person
- people
- a robot
- work in great heat
- teach with kindness
- repeat one task all day
- True
- teach with kindness
- plan a birthday party
- sort parcels all night
- a robot
- a robot
- a person
- plan a birthday party
- a person
- no, it has no feelings
- False
- write a funny story
- spray crops evenly
- make a new friend
- explore the deep sea
- True
- make a new friend
- invent a new game
- a robot
- make up a new song
- choose a gift for mum
- a person
- a robot
- measure parts exactly
- dull, dirty or dangerous
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