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