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