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