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