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