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