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