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