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