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