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