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