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