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