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