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