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