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