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