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