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