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